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FPGA Engineer

Selby Jennings
York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 4/15/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/14/2026

A leading trading firm is looking for an FPGA Engineer to join its team in New York to work on both design and verification of FPGA for their most well-established trading desk! This is an opportunity to join a high-performing team and learn form some of the best while being given autonomy to leave your own mark on the bottom line!

Responsibilities:

  • Use cutting-edge technology while working on high performance/low latency systems
  • Collaborate with team members to investigate and create automated trading algorithms
  • Work on high-performance computing systems to break speed and performance boundaries
  • Build next-generation algorithmic trading systems;
  • Solve low latency trading problems and optimization of performance-critical code
  • Develop new hardware platforms
  • Identifying opportunities for improvement and experimenting with performance optimizations;
  • Apply industry knowledge and technical skills in new and innovative ways

Candidate Requirements:

  • Development experience with FPGAs (Verilog/VHDL, functional verification, and static timing closure)
  • Demonstrated experience with Bash, TCL, and/or Python scripts
  • Experience with FPGA design, simulation, and verification tools (Synopsys, Riviera, ModelSim, Questasim, etc.)
  • Experience with FPGAs and CPLDs from vendors (Xilinx, Altera)
  • A desire to push the boundaries on performance and lower latency
  • Passion for innovation and building systems from the ground up
  • Demonstrated experience with Bash, TCL, and/or Python scripts
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment
  • Careful attention to detail, and the vision and skill to push beyond expectations

Salary : $180,000 - $500,000

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