• Job Description

  Req#: 1835449

  XR Trading is a proprietary trading firm with employees in the Netherlands, UK and US. XR participates in a wide variety of marketplaces including global futures, equities, commodities, options, fixed income, and cryptocurrencies. Our culture emphasizes teamwork, and focuses on continuous integration and test-driven development.

  
  Job Function & Responsibilities

  • We are seeking a talented and self-motivated Electrical Engineer (FPGA) to join our growing hardware team
  • Work independently or as part of a team
  • Demonstrate strong critical thinking skills
  • Collaborative in their approach to solving problems
  • Architecting and coding FPGA designs in a hardware description language, producing design documents, performing timing analysis and floor planning, and validating and analyzing designs for errors and efficiency
  • Researching, designing and developing custom hardware for its trading teams

  Location

  • Employee must be a US citizen
  • Work location in the US is generally flexible and subject to approval

  Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical area such as electrical engineering or computer science

  Required Experience & Skills

  • Excellent knowledge of Verilog
  • Proficiency with VHDL and System Verilog
  • Proficiency with a full simulator such as ModelSim
  • Ability to transition between hardware languages and abstraction layers on an as needed basis and demonstrate excellence throughout
  • Excellent communication skills, a strong work ethic and the ability to work both independently or part of a team
  • Familiarity with C, C++, Python or other scripting languages is a plus
  • 5+ years’ experience in FPGA design, including experience in the full FPGA design life cycle, tool flow and network applications
  • Familiarity with Secure IP and experience evaluating vendor IP cores
  • Ethernet experience (10G or higher), network protocols
  • Familiarity with the financial services industry is a plus

  Please note: only individuals whose qualifications match our current needs will be contacted for further screening and/or interviews. XR Trading does not hire candidates who are currently on a student visa or who now or in the future will require XR to sponsor them for employment visa. Thank you for your interest in XR Trading!

• About the company

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