FPGA Engineer

Susquehanna International Group, LLP; Bala Cynwyd, Philadelphia (PA, Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global quantitative trading firm is seeking an FPGA Engineer to develop cutting-edge trading solutions. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of FPGA or ASIC experience, proficiency in Verilog or VHDL, and a background in hardware design. This role requires collaboration with researchers and trading teams to deliver high-performance hardware solutions. The company offers a dynamic work environment focused on innovation and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in FPGA or ASIC architecture and design.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces preferred.
• Familiarity with high-level software languages is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with researchers to translate requirements into hardware design.
• Architect and design solutions for hardware acceleration.
• Implement solutions and deploy to production.

Skills

FPGA design and development

VHDL

Verilog

System Verilog

High-speed interfaces (Ethernet, PCIe)

C#

C

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline

Job description

Overview

As one of the world’s largest market makers, Susquehanna was one of the first high frequency trading firms to pioneer the use of hardware-accelerated trading systems. As an FPGA Engineer at Susquehanna, you will sit at the cusp of hardware and trading and help us as we continue to build some of the industry’s most cutting edge ultra-low latency trading environments.

At Susquehanna, we don’t believe in silos. We believe that people do their best work when they have the freedom to explore, experiment, and collaborate with other brilliant minds. As part of our FPGA team, you will be trusted to own your hardware solutions from end to end. You will partner closely with our Strategy Developers and Quantitative Researchers to translate complex trading problems into scalable and highly performant hardware solutions. Our FPGA Engineers are heavily involved in FPGA architecture, design, simulation, and testing. The work that they do makes a direct impact on our trading business whether that’s working on larger, strategic projects, or smaller projects with very short design cycles!

Prior experience in trading or finance is helpful, but not required. We love talented FPGA Engineers who come from all different backgrounds! If you enjoy tackling performance intensive challenges and want to help evolve the way the industry uses FPGAs, we encourage you to apply!

In this role, you will:

• Partner with Quantitative Researchers and Strategy Developers to understand challenges and translate requirements into hardware design
• Architect and design solutions to accelerate key areas of our infrastructure including hardware selection and key functional blocks
• Implement solutions from the board to API and deploy out to a production environment
• Work with trading teams and Strategy Developers to continue iterating and improving the performance of our hardware.

What we’re looking for

• 8+ years of experience in FPGA or ASIC high level architecture, design, and development using VHDL, Verilog, or System Verilog is required
• Prior experience working with high-speed interfaces such as Ethernet and PCIe is preferred
• Experience with high-level software languages like C#, C, or Java is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline or its foreign equivalent

About Susquehanna

Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm founded by a group of friends who share a passion for game theory and probablistic thinking. We have incorporated this approach into our culture, where you will find relentless problem solvers within each of our core disciplines: Trading, Technology, and Quantitative Research. From offices around the world, our employees collaborate to make optimal decisions and are driven by the desire to achieve winning results together.

What we do

We are experts in trading essentially all listed financial products and asset classes, with a focus on derivatives trading. Through maket making and market taking, we handle millions of trading transactions around the world every day, providing liquidity and ensuring competitive prices for buyers and sellers. While our presence in the market is broad, our trading desks are highly specialized, allowing for a deep understanding of unique drivers of each asset class.

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