Senior Hardware Engineer — High-Speed Systems & FPGA

Optiver; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global profit-sharing pool

Performance-based bonus structure

401(k) match up to 50%

Comprehensive health, dental, vision,

Disability and life coverage

25 paid vacation days + marketholidays

Office perks and social events

Job summary

Austin is home to Optiver's hardware research, development and manufacturing department. We build competitive trading hardware across PCBs, FPGA firmware, and software interfaces, delivering end-to-end design from concept to production.

Join a multidisciplinary team and contribute to latency, scale and thermals improvements while collaborating with traders, researchers and engineers. Enjoy strong compensation and a global, diverse environment.

Qualifications

• BS in electrical or computer engineering; advanced degrees preferred.
• 5+ years industry experience.
• ECAD in schematic and layout with Altium/Mentor/Cadence or equivalent.
• Experience with PCIe Gen3-6, USB3/4, 10/25G Ethernet.
• Experience with I2C, SPI, JTAG, USB and related protocols.

Responsibilities

• Design, realize, test, bring up and manufacture custom hardware (PCBs).
• Schematic capture, PCB layout, simulation (Spice, HFSS).
• Write initial bring up code for hardware (C/Python/VHDL).
• Interpret Eye Diagram/BERT results and correlate data to simulations.
• Create test plans and engineering requirements specifications.
• Debug issues as they arise and improve system performance.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team across traders, researchers, software, and mechanisms.
• Own designs from concept to production and manage vendor relationships.

Skills

Python

Signal & power integrity

End-to-end product development

High-speed interfaces

Education

BS in electrical or computer engineering

Master or Ph.D. preferred

Tools

Altium

Mentor Graphics

Cadence

Job description

Austin is home to Optiver's hardware research, development and manufacturing department. We build competitive trading hardware across PCBs, FPGA firmware, and software interfaces, delivering end-to-end design from concept to production.

Join a multidisciplinary team and contribute to latency, scale and thermals improvements while collaborating with traders, researchers and engineers. Enjoy strong compensation and a global, diverse environment.