FPGA Engineer - Low-Latency Trading Hardware

Optiver; Illinois; On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match up to 50%

Health, dental, vision, life coverage

25 paid vacation days

Job summary

Optiver is seeking a Hardware Engineer to design and implement high-speed hardware solutions that power our trading systems in the United States. You will collaborate with traders and software engineers to translate complex problems into robust, high-performance hardware architectures.

The role emphasizes FPGA/ASIC development, RTL design, and system integration, with a focus on delivering results quickly in a dynamic financial markets environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CE, EE, CS, or related field.
• Experience designing, coding, testing, and verifying FPGAs and/or ASICs.
• Experience coding in VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog and C/C++.
• Experience with RTL synthesis and timing/area constraints.
• Experience with digital simulators and self-checking test benches.
• Experience with post-silicon bring-up and debugging a plus.
• Ability to work closely with software developers to rapidly deliver integrated systems.

Responsibilities

• Accelerate network infrastructure and trading system components with high-speed hardware designs.
• Research new low-latency techniques and platforms and identify opportunities for integration with our trading system.
• Work in a multidisciplinary team of traders, software developers, and infrastructure engineers.
• Leverage the best hardware available or build in-house versions to ensure FPGAs interface with cutting edge server hardware.
• Manage relationships with 3rd party vendors.

Skills

VHDL

Verilog

SystemVerilog

C/C++

RTL synthesis

Test benches

Post-silicon bring-up

Software collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CE/EE/CS

Tools

RTL simulators

Job description

Optiver is seeking a Hardware Engineer to design and implement high-speed hardware solutions that power our trading systems in the United States. You will collaborate with traders and software engineers to translate complex problems into robust, high-performance hardware architectures.

The role emphasizes FPGA/ASIC development, RTL design, and system integration, with a focus on delivering results quickly in a dynamic financial markets environment.