FPGA Engineer

Job Title

FPGA Engineer

Role Summary

Design and deliver hardware-accelerated systems for ultra-low-latency trading. Work across FPGA architecture, implementation, simulation, verification, and production deployment while partnering with Quantitative Researchers and Strategy Developers to translate trading requirements into hardware solutions.

Experience Level

Senior — 8+ years of FPGA or ASIC architecture, design, and development experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with quantitative researchers and strategy developers to define hardware requirements.
• Architect and design FPGA-based solutions, including hardware selection and key functional blocks.
• Implement designs using HDL and integrate firmware/software from board to API.
• Simulate, verify, and test designs; iterate for performance and reliability.
• Deploy hardware to production environments and support ongoing performance tuning.
• Own end-to-end hardware solutions and document designs and interfaces.

Requirements

Must-have and preferred qualifications:

• Must-have: 8+ years of FPGA or ASIC architecture, design, and development using VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.
• Must-have: Strong experience with FPGA design flow, simulation, verification, and testing.
• Preferred: Experience with high-speed interfaces such as Ethernet and PCIe.
• Preferred: Experience with high-level software languages (C#, C, Java) for host integration and APIs.
• Preferred: Prior experience in trading or finance is helpful but not required.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related discipline, or a foreign equivalent.

About the Company

Company: Susquehanna International Group

Headquarters: Bala Cynwyd, PA, USA

Global quantitative trading firm and market maker that combines quantitative research, trading, and technology to develop systematic strategies and low-latency trading infrastructure. Known for hardware-accelerated systems and a collaborative, engineering-driven culture.