Senior FPGA Engineer (FICCO)
Description For Senior FPGA Engineer (FICCO)
DRW is a leading diversified trading firm with over 30 years of experience in global markets. We're seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to join one of our trading teams in Chicago. This role offers a unique opportunity to build an FPGA application from scratch for an existing team.
As a Senior FPGA Engineer at DRW, you'll be at the forefront of cutting-edge technology in the financial trading industry. You'll work on architecting and implementing new FPGA applications, facilitating software integration, and proposing creative solutions to overcome hardware limitations. This position requires a strong understanding of both software and hardware interaction, and you'll participate in the full development lifecycle of low latency, high throughput FPGA designs.
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer or Electrical Engineering, with at least 4 years of experience in the field. You should have solid Hardware Engineering experience, especially with FPGAs, and be highly autonomous with a can-do attitude. Strong skills in RTL logic design (Verilog) and verification are essential, as is experience with FPGA design flow including synthesis, place & route, and static timing analysis.
At DRW, we value autonomy, respect, curiosity, and open minds. We operate with high expectations, integrity, and a willingness to challenge consensus. This role offers the chance to work with sophisticated technology and exceptional people in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Join us at DRW, where you'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our FPGA-based projects and contribute to our success in global markets. If you're passionate about pushing the boundaries of technology in finance and thrive in a challenging, innovative environment, we want to hear from you. Apply now to be part of our team of exceptional engineers shaping the future of trading technology.
Responsibilities For Senior FPGA Engineer (FICCO)
- Architect and implement new FPGA applications (synthesis, place & route, static timing analysis, documentation) from the ground up
- Facilitate software integration efforts by developing new APIs and optimizing low level code
- Propose creative solutions to overcome FPGA/hardware limitations
- Collaborate directly with software/strategy team and other design teams
- Conduct lab debugging and support deployed solutions
Requirements For Senior FPGA Engineer (FICCO)
- Bachelor's degree or higher, Computer/Electrical Engineering with 4+ years of experience within the field
- Solid Hardware Engineering experience, especially with FPGA
- Highly autonomous with a can-do attitude able to lead an FPGA based project from system requirements to production
- Strong capacity to quickly evaluate FPGA based project feasibility based on hardware limitation
- Strong skills in RTL logic design (Verilog) and verification; 2+ years of experience writing Verilog
- Experience in FPGA design flow including synthesis, place & route , static timing analysis is required
- Experience with the design of system-on-chip (SOC) architectures, memory & processor subsystems, networking, and peripheral interconnect is required
- Knowledge of the TCP/IP stack and on-chip networking applications
- Strong working knowledge of either XILINX or ALTERA FPGA design flow
- Strong system level debugging and data analysis skills
