DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trade at our own risk.
Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes, including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy, across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.
We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters—it’s how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.
We are currently seeking an Experienced FPGA Engineer to join one of our trading teams in Chicago, NYC, London or Amsterdam. While DRW has been leveraging FPGA technology for a number of years, you will have the opportunity to build FPGA applications for existing teams. We’re seeking a candidate who has a strong understanding of software and hardware interaction. This person will participate in the full development lifecycle, including system- and block-level testing, of low-latency, high-throughput FPGA designs.
Responsibilities:
- Architect and implement new FPGA applications, including synthesis, place and route, static timing analysis and documentation, from the ground up
- Research and evaluate a variety of cutting-edge FPGA hardware and technologies
- Propose creative solutions to overcome FPGA and hardware limitations
- Liaise directly with software, trading and other design teams
- Conduct lab debugging and characterization of new hardware
- Perform production support and live debugging
- Research new techniques, tools and architectures
Candidate Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer or Electrical Engineering, with 3+ years of experience in the field; a master’s degree or higher also counts toward experience
- Solid hardware engineering experience, especially with FPGA
- Highly autonomous, with a can-do attitude and the ability to lead an FPGA-based project from system requirements to production
- Strong ability to quickly evaluate FPGA-based project feasibility based on hardware limitations
- Strong RTL logic design and verification skills using Verilog, with 2+ years of experience writing Verilog
- Experience with FPGA design flow, including synthesis, place and route, and static timing analysis
- Experience designing system-on-chip architectures, memory and 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 using high-level methodologies, such as SystemVerilog, is a plus
- Excellent research and data-gathering skills
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