Senior Hardware Engineer - High-Speed PCBs & FPGAs

Optiver Holding BV; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Global profit-sharing pool

Performance-based bonus

401(k) match up to 50%

Comprehensive health benefits

Extensive office perks

Job summary

Austin-based Optiver hardware team designs and builds high-performance trading hardware, including PCBs, FPGA firmware, and related software. You will own designs from concept through production in a multidisciplinary environment.

The role emphasizes speed, precision, and innovation, with competitive compensation, global profit-sharing, and strong benefits. You will collaborate with traders, researchers, and software teams to push system latency and throughput further.

Qualifications

• BS in electrical or computer engineering; advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years of industry experience.
• ECAD tools: Altium, Mentor Graphics, Cadence or equivalent.
• Proficiency in signal and power integrity SIPI best practices.
• End-to-end product development experience, concept through release.
• Expertise with PCIe Gen3-6, USB3/4, and 10/25G Ethernet.
• Experience with low speed communications (I2C, SPI, JTAG, USB).
• Experience validating high-speed interfaces using TDRs and real-time oscilloscopes.
• Python read/write proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Design, realize, test, bring up and manufacture custom hardware (PCBs).
• Schematic capture, PCB layout, simulation (Spice, Ansys SiWave HFSS).
• Write the initial bring-up code (C/Python/VHDL) for the hardware.
• Interpret Eye Diagram/BERT results and correlate lab and production measurements to simulations.
• Create test plans and engineering requirements specifications.
• Debug issues as they arise.
• Research ways to improve system performance (latency, scale, thermals) for trading needs.
• Work in a multidisciplinary team of traders, researchers, software (FPGA, firmware, application), mechanical and infra engineers.
• Own your designs from concept to production.
• Manage relationships with 3rd party vendors.

Skills

Python

Signal integrity

Power integrity

End-to-end development

PCIe Gen3-6

USB 3/4

10/25G Ethernet

I2C/SPI/JTAG/USB

Education

BS in electrical or computer engineering

Master or PhD preferred

Tools

Altium

Mentor Graphics

Cadence

Spice

Ansys SiWave

HFSS

Job description

Austin-based Optiver hardware team designs and builds high-performance trading hardware, including PCBs, FPGA firmware, and related software. You will own designs from concept through production in a multidisciplinary environment.

The role emphasizes speed, precision, and innovation, with competitive compensation, global profit-sharing, and strong benefits. You will collaborate with traders, researchers, and software teams to push system latency and throughput further.