Design Verification (DV) Engineer

Job Title

Design Verification (DV) Engineer

Role Summary

The Hardware team develops high-performance FPGA and ASIC compute engines for low-latency trading. This role builds verification environments and testbenches to ensure correctness and robustness of RTL used in production systems.

You will work on RTL verification, diagnostic tooling, and continuous integration, collaborating closely with designers. The team maintains and contributes to open-source tools used in verification workflows.

Experience Level

Mid-level. The role expects professional RTL functional verification experience; the posting requests a minimum of 2+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Create testbenches and tests for FPGA/ASIC hardware using a hybrid open-source/proprietary environment.
• Write detailed verification plans.
• Rapidly root-cause RTL bugs and debug failing designs.
• Collaborate directly with designers to bring up new projects and debug existing designs.
• Manage test suites and continuous integration infrastructure.
• Develop and improve internal and open-source verification tools.

Requirements

Must-have and preferred skills:

• Must-have: Superb debugging and analytical skills.
• Must-have: Minimum 2+ years professional RTL functional verification experience for FPGA or ASIC.
• Must-have: Experience with code and functional coverage collection and analysis.
• Must-have: Experience with SystemVerilog and industry-standard frameworks such as UVM.
• Must-have: Experience with Python and comfortable working in a Linux environment.
• Nice-to-have: Familiarity with Verilator and/or Cocotb.
• Nice-to-have: C++ experience.

Education Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field (as stated in the posting).

About the Company

Company: Hudson River Trading

Headquarters: New York, New York, USA

Hudson River Trading (HRT) is a leading financial technology firm that employs advanced computing solutions for algorithmic trading. Specializing in FPGA and ASIC technology, HRT focuses on creating high-performance trading systems designed to operate in real-time global markets. With a diverse team of innovators from various fields, HRT fosters a collaborative and transparent culture to drive success and promote cutting-edge developments.