FPGA Engineer

Eqvilent; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial technology is seeking an FPGA Engineer to enhance ultra-low-latency trading systems. You will design and optimize FPGA solutions, collaborating with software engineers and traders to ensure peak performance. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

40 paid days off

Comfortable offices in Dubai, London, or Malta

Welcoming international team

Cutting-edge hardware and technology

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Experience with FPGA design and debugging tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize FPGA-based solutions for trading systems.
• Collaborate with software developers and traders to enhance system performance.
• Monitor and troubleshoot system performance in a live trading environment.

Skills

Proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog

FPGA design tools experience

FPGA debugging tools experience

Simulation tools experience

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

Altera Quartus

ILA

SignalTap

Chipscope

Questa/ModelSim

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilledFPGA Engineer to join our expanding High-Frequency Trading team. In this role, you will be at the forefront of financial technology, working on cutting-edge hardware solutions that power our ultra-low-latency trading systems. As a member of our expert team, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing FPGA-based systems to improve trading performance, reduce latency, and increase throughput. This is a unique opportunity to combine your expertise in hardware engineering with the fast-paced world of financial markets. You will play a critical role in developing the infrastructure that underpins our competitive advantage, working collaboratively with software engineers, quantitative researchers, and traders to deliver high-performance, reliable solutions.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Design, develop, and optimize FPGA-based solutions for ultra-low-latency trading systems.
• Work closely with software developers to integrate FPGA solutions into broader system architectures.
• Implement hardware-accelerated solutions for protocol parsing, order entry, and market data processing.
• Perform timing analysis, timing closures, resource optimization, and latency measurements to ensure peak performance.
• Collaborate with traders and researchers to identify opportunities.
• Monitor and troubleshoot system performance in a live trading environment.

What We Look For In You:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Experience with FPGA design tools (Xilinx Vivado or Altera Quartus).
• Experience with FPGA debugging tools (ILA, SignalTap,Chipscope).
• Experience with Simulation tools (e.g Questa/ModelSim).

Nice-to-have:

• Programming and Scripting skills in tcl/C++/Python is a bonus.
• Experience with peripheral integration (10G PHY/MAC, PCIe).
• Experience with custom network stack implementations (TCP/UDP).

Why Should You Join Our Team?

• Great challenges with fast feedback loops and top-notch analytics
• A welcoming group of highly qualified international professionals
• Cutting-edge hardware and technology
• Comfortable Dubai / London / Malta offices or remotely anywhere in the world
• 40 paid days off

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