FPGA Design Engineer

Eagle Seven is seeking a FPGA Design / Verification Engineer to become an integral member of the engineering team dedicated to the development of HDL solutions for our high frequency, low latency electronic trading systems. The candidate will support new and existing solutions while helping define design assurance processes for programmable hardware. The role will be a part of the hardware development team and will provide the individual with exposure to traders and strategy developers. Responsibilities will include developing requirements with cross-functional teams, writing HDL code targeted for design and verification, hands-on testing, and integration of FPGA designs for various strategies and financial exchanges. The successful candidate will be a self-starter, have strong sense of ownership and be driven to provide technical and intellectual solutions to business problems.

Primary Responsibilities include:

• Researching and analyzing design concepts, processes, technologies, and/or products
• Production of technical specifications, functional designs, and project documentation
• Contributing to FPGA design and architecture decisions
• Participating in FPGA development, simulation, debugging, and improvement processes
• Implementation of FPGA design (Synthesis, Place & Route, and Timing Closure)
• Participating in FPGA design production release cycle (quality assurance, rollouts, maintenance and bug fixes)

• Bachelor or Masters in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or other related disciplines.
• 2-5 years’ of experience in FPGA design using Verilog and/or System Verilog
• Experience implementing network protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, IGMP, BGP
• Experience implementing digital signal processing on FPGA and/or ASIC
• Experience with FPGAs and CPLDs from vendors (Xilinx, Altera, Microsemi (Actel), and/or Lattice)
• Experience with FPGA design, simulation and verification tools (Synopsys, Riviera, ModelSim, Questasim, etc.)
• Experience integrating embedded systems
• Experience and in-depth understandings of Data-path Pipelines, State Machines, Arithmetic Operations
• Experience with advanced verification techniques (Assertion-based Verification, UVM, and Constrained Random Verification)
• Programming and Scripting skills: C, C++, TCL, bash, PERL, Python, batch
• Experience with exchange protocols such as FIX/Fast, OUCH, ITCH, etc.

Eagle Seven offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to all full-time employees.

• Medical PPO and HMO coverage through BlueCross BlueShield
• Company Contributions to a Health Savings Account (with enrollment into a High Deductible Health Plan)
• Dental coverage through Principal
• Vision coverage through VSP
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Company Paid Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Flexible Spending Account
• Pre-tax Transit Benefits
• Complimentary Lunch and Beverages

The minimum base salary for this role starts at $150,000. This role is eligible for a discretionary performance bonus as part of the total compensation package, in addition to the benefits listed above. Exact compensation offered may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's experience, qualifications, and skill set.