FPGA Engineer

Autonomai Recruitment; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Autonomai Recruitment is partnering with a leading markets firm to hire an FPGA Engineer for locations in Chicago, Austin or New York. You will design high-performance FPGA hardware that accelerates trading systems and collaborate with software, networking and trading professionals to meet ultra-low-latency demands.

The role offers full ownership from idea through RTL, simulation, timing closure, bring-up and production deployment in a highly proactive team environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on FPGA experience in a US-based environment across design, verification, and validation.
• Proven ability to own projects from concept through architecture, RTL, simulation and timing closure.
• Strong HDL fluency with emphasis on timing constraints and verification.

Responsibilities

• Own whole FPGA projects from idea to production deployment.
• Collaborate with hardware, software and trading teams to optimize latency.
• Research and apply low-latency techniques and evaluate new hardware platforms.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL/Verilog/SV

RTL timing

Testbenches

Bring-up

Collaboration

Front-end ASIC

Job description

FPGA Engineer | Chicago, Austin or New York

What if the hardware you designed had an immediate, measurable impact on the performance of a global trading business?

I'm partnering with one of the world's most successful technology-driven market-making firms as they expand their FPGA engineering teams across the US.

This is an environment where every nanosecond matters. You'll design high-performance hardware that accelerates trading systems and network infrastructure, working directly with exceptional software engineers, infrastructure specialists and traders to solve problems that sit at the limits of modern computing.

Unlike heavily segmented semiconductor environments, this is a genuinely full-cycle FPGA role. Engineers own their work from the original idea through architecture, RTL design, simulation, verification, timing closure, hardware bring-up, integration and production deployment.

You'll have the freedom to research new low-latency techniques, evaluate the latest hardware platforms and build bespoke solutions when existing technology is not fast enough.

What they're looking for:

• Strong FPGA design experience using VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog
• Experience owning projects across design, verification and validation
• RTL synthesis, timing constraints and timing closure
• Digital simulation and self-checking testbenches
• Hardware bring-up, debugging and system integration
• A problem-solving mindset and the ability to collaborate across hardware and software
• Front-end ASIC experience is useful, but this is a 100% FPGA environment in the US, so candidates must have meaningful hands-on FPGA experience.

Why consider it?

• Work on some of the most latency-sensitive hardware problems in the world
• See your engineering directly influence business performance
• Own complete systems rather than one narrow block
• Work alongside some of the strongest engineers in the industry
• Access cutting-edge hardware, platforms and laboratory facilities
• Highly competitive compensation with substantial performance-based upside
• Build and deploy solutions in weeks rather than waiting through multi-year product cycles

Openings are available in Chicago, Austin and New York.