About the Role
DRW is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to join a trading team in Chicago, NYC, or London. This role involves building FPGA applications, participating in the full development lifecycle, and designing low-latency, high-throughput FPGA systems with a strong understanding of software and hardware interaction.
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement new FPGA applications, including synthesis, place & route, static timing analysis, and documentation.
- Research and evaluate cutting-edge FPGA hardware and technologies.
- Propose creative solutions to overcome FPGA/hardware limitations.
- Liaise directly with software and other design teams.
- Conduct lab debugging and characterization of new hardware.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer/Electrical Engineering with 3+ years of experience.
- Master’s degree or higher also counts for experience.
- Solid Hardware Engineering experience, especially with FPGA.
- Highly autonomous with a can-do attitude, capable of leading an FPGA-based project from system requirements to production.
- Strong capacity to quickly evaluate FPGA-based project feasibility based on hardware limitations.
- Strong skills in RTL logic design (Verilog) and verification; 2+ years of experience writing Verilog.
- Experience in FPGA design flow including synthesis, place & route, and static timing analysis.
- Experience with the design of system-on-chip (SOC) architectures, memory & processor subsystems, networking, and peripheral interconnect.
- Knowledge of the TCP/IP stack.
- Strong working knowledge of either XILINX or ALTERA FPGA design flow.
- Experience with functional verification utilizing high-level methodologies (e.g. System Verilog) is a plus.
- Excellent research and data gathering skills.
Skills
- FPGA
- RTL logic design
- Verilog
- Synthesis
- Place & route
- Static timing analysis
- System-on-chip (SOC) architectures
- Memory subsystems
- Processor subsystems
- Networking
- Peripheral interconnect
- TCP/IP stack
- XILINX FPGA design flow
- ALTERA FPGA design flow
- Functional verification
- System Verilog
Location
- Chicago
- New York City
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3+ years of experience
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $225,000 to $325,000
- Annual discretionary bonus
Benefits
- Group medical insurance
- Pharmacy insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401k (with discretionary employer match)
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Life insurance
- AD&D insurance
- Health savings accounts
- Flexible spending accounts
About the Company
- DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience.
- They bring sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets globally.
- DRW operates using its own capital and trading at its own risk.
- Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia.
- They trade Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities, and Energy across major global markets.
- DRW has expanded into real estate, venture capital, and cryptoassets.
- They operate with respect, curiosity, and open minds.
- DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation, and a willingness to challenge consensus.
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