FPGA Developer - Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

GTS; Kitchener; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

GTS is hiring a senior hardware engineer to join a growing FPGA team developing core components of a high-performance FPGA platform. You will contribute across RTL, verification, and system integration, and work on full-stack FPGA systems in a collaborative environment.

The role offers broad scope, from architecture and implementation to performance optimization and CI tooling improvements, with emphasis on Verilog/SystemVerilog, VHDL, and experience with modern FPGA architectures.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial FPGA/ASIC hardware design experience.
• Strong HDL knowledge: Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, or SystemC.
• Familiarity with Xilinx UltraScale+ or Intel Stratix 10 architectures.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces (10/25/100GbE, PCIe) and memory systems.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to architecture, implementation and verification of FPGA components.
• Optimize performance and tooling/CI for FPGA platforms.
• Collaborate across RTL, verification and system integration teams.
• Develop and maintain high-quality design documentation and tests.

Skills

HDL design

Verilog/SystemVerilog

VHDL/SystemC

C/C++

Python

Linux kernel development

FPGA architecture

Tools

Xilinx/Vivado

Intel/Quartus

Synopsys Cadence

Cocotb/UVM

SystemVerilog Assertions

Job description

Overview

We are looking to hire a senior hardware engineer to join a small and growing FPGA team developing key components of a high-performance FPGA platform. This role offers broad technical scope and exposure across multiple layers of computing technology, from RTL and verification to high-speed interfaces and system integration.

Successful candidates will work on full-stack FPGA systems in a highly collaborative environment, contributing to architecture, implementation, verification, performance optimization, and tooling/CI improvements.

GTS is a collection of financial services companies spanning a wide array of asset classes and investment approaches, all powered by the combination of market expertise with innovative, proprietary technology. With roots as a quantitative trading firm continually building for the future, the GTS family of companies are able to leverage the latest in artificial intelligence systems and sophisticated pricing models to bring consistency, efficiency, and transparency to today’s financial markets. GTS’s electronic market maker GTS Securities accounts for 3-5% of daily cash equities volume in the U.S. and is a leading Designated Market Maker (DMM) at the New York Stock Exchange, responsible for nearly $13 trillion of market capitalization. For more information on GTS, please visit www.gtsx.com.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial FPGA or ASIC experience as a hardware design engineer
• Strong logic design expertise using Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, or SystemC
• Familiarity with modern FPGA architectures such as Xilinx UltraScale+ or Intel Stratix 10
• Experience with one or more of:
• 10/25/100GbE Ethernet
• PCIe and DMA
• NVMe
• DDR / QDR / HBM memory systems
• Experience with EDA tools from vendors such as Xilinx/AMD, Synopsys, Cadence, or Siemens EDA/Mentor Graphics
• Experience with verification methodologies and frameworks such as Cocotb, UVM, or SystemVerilog Assertions is a plus
• Static timing analysis experience is a plus
• Linux driver or kernel development experience is a plus
• C/C++/Python experience is a plus
• HLS experience is a plus
• SpinalHDL/Chisel experience is a plus

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