Design Verification (DV) Engineer - 2027 Grads

Hudson River Trading; New York (NY); On-site; USD 270,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

Hudson River Trading (HRT) is seeking a Design Verification engineer to build testbenches and verification environments for high-performance FPGA/ASIC hardware. You will root-cause RTL bugs, collaborate with designers, and contribute to CI pipelines and tooling in a fast-paced, real-time trading setting.

The team emphasizes open-source involvement with projects like Slang, Verilator, and Cocotb, and welcomes experts who enjoy pushing verification to the next level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, computer science or a related field.
• Strong debugging and RTL verification experience.
• Proficiency in Python; Cocotb experience preferred; C++ a plus.

Responsibilities

• Creating testbenches and tests for our hardware platform, leveraging a hybrid open-source/proprietary, highly flexible environment.
• Quickly root-cause RTL bugs.
• Collaborating directly with designers for rapid bringup of new projects and debugging of existing designs.
• Managing test suites and continuous integration infrastructure.
• Developing and improving open-source and internal tools.

Skills

Debugging

RTL verification

Python

Cocotb

C++

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Engineering/CS

Tools

Verilator

Slang

Job description

The Hardware team at Hudson River Trading (HRT) creates high performance compute engines using FPGA and ASIC technologies to drive low latency trading decisions on global markets. We build custom solutions across the spectrum of speed and smarts: from bespoke circuits to world-class machine learning accelerators.

These high performance designs require even higher performance verification. We are looking for Design Verification (DV) engineers who are passionate about writing testbenches and building verification environments to exercise complex HDL. You are excited about exploring the EDA landscape and want to be part of a team actively working to rethink, redesign, and surpass the status quo. For example, members of our team are active maintainers of popular open source projects such as Slang, Verilator, and Cocotb.

Design verification is part of an innovative, growing team at HRT which is integral to the success of our trading. You can expect to always be challenged by the ever-changing financial markets as you work to ensure correctness and robustness of our critical hardware in an extremely fast-paced, real-time environment. No financial experience is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Creating testbenches and tests for our hardware platform, leveraging a hybrid open-source/proprietary, highly flexible environment
• Quickly root-cause RTL bugs
• Collaborating directly with designers for rapid bringup of new projects and debugging of existing designs
• Managing test suites and continuous integration infrastructure
• Developing and improving open-source and internal tools

Qualifications

• Superb debugging and analytical skills
• Experience with RTL functional verification
• Proficiency in Python
• Familiarity with Cocotb preferred
• C++ experience is a plus
• A bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science or a related field

The estimated base salary range for this position is 300,000 USD per year (or local equivalent). The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role will also be eligible for discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package.

Culture

Hudson River Trading (HRT) brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world's most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading.

At HRT we welcome a variety of expertise: mathematics and computer science, physics and engineering, media and tech. We’re a community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automation in every part of our organization—from trading, to business operations, to recruiting and beyond. We value openness and transparency, and celebrate great ideas from HRT veterans and new hires alike. At HRT we’re friends and colleagues – whether we are sharing a meal, playing the latest board game, or writing elegant code. We embrace a culture of togetherness that extends far beyond the walls of our office.

Feel like you belong at HRT? Our goal is to find the best people and bring them together to do great work in a place where everyone is valued. HRT is proud of our diverse staff; we have offices all over the globe and benefit from our varied and unique perspectives. HRT is an equal opportunity employer; so whoever you are we’d love to get to know you.

Please be advised: Use of AI tools during interviews or assessments is strictly prohibited, unless otherwise instructed or agreed upon. We employ various methods to evaluate the authenticity of candidate responses. If we determine that AI assistance was used during any stage of the hiring process, we reserve the right to immediately disqualify your candidacy or rescind any job offers extended.