FPGA Engineer

AlphaGrep Securities Private Limited is a proprietary trading firm that specializes in algorithmic trading across different asset classes worldwide. By utilizing technology, risk management, and quantitative research, we effectively cover global markets. With a notable trading volume on Indian exchanges and a significant market share on various global exchanges, we employ a disciplined and systematic quantitative approach to identify alpha-generating factors. These factors are combined with our proprietary ultra-low latency trading systems and robust risk management to develop trading strategies across equities, commodities, currencies, and fixed income asset classes. We are currently seeking a full stack FPGA developer with a minimum of 3 years of industry experience in hardware development to assist us in expanding our hardware platform for low latency trading. The selected candidate will play a crucial role in all stages of hardware development at AlphaGrep and will be tasked with designing and constructing FPGA-based trading systems for our most latency-sensitive strategies. **Responsibilities:** - Designing, implementing, testing, integrating, and delivering low latency trading systems. - Developing low latency designs in Verilog/System Verilog. - Creating test harnesses for verifying developed items using self-checking test benches, BFMs, etc. - Integrating the developed firmware on the target hardware with other system components and software. - Releasing developed items. - Contributing to peer design reviews. - Conducting requirements capture. - Operating in a fast-paced, feedback-driven development environment. - Ensuring adherence to company values, policies, and ethics codes of conduct. - Undertaking any other activities as reasonably requested by management. **Qualifications & Skills:** - Degree in electronics/engineering or equivalent experience. - Strong design standards and debugging skills. - Hands-on experience in digital design and FPGA architecture. - Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities. - Understanding of digital hardware design. - Proficiency in developing self-checking testbenches and BFMs. - Familiarity with software, networking, digital communications protocols, and general networking. - Experience with large Altera and Xilinx FPGAs. - Proficiency in writing RTL in Verilog/System Verilog or VHDL. - Working knowledge of engineering tools such as Vivado and Questasim. - Experience in a Linux-based development environment. - Scripting skills in tcl/tk, Python. **Why You Should Join Us:** - Great People: We are a team of curious engineers, mathematicians, and statisticians who enjoy achieving our goals while having fun. - Transparent Structure: We value the ideas and contributions of our employees. - Relaxed Environment: Our flat organizational structure offers various activities for all employees, including yearly offsites, happy hours, and corporate sports teams. - Health & Wellness Programs: We believe in supporting a balanced lifestyle for our employees through perks like a stocked kitchen, gym membership, and generous vacation packages.,