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Senior FPGA Engineer (Closed)

Date Posted: Feb 24, 2020

Job #1571827
Permanent
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Professional

Lucas Group is North America's premier executive search firm. Since 1970, our culture and methodologies have driven superior results. We assist mid-tier to Fortune 500 clients find transcendent, executive talent; candidates fully realize their career ambitions; and associates find professional success.

We are currently partnering with an industry leader in the financial space to recruit a Senior FPGA Engineer that will be key in partnering with both the technology and business teams to integrate FPGA and hardware solutions into their various platforms. 

Key Responsibilities:  
•    Working collaboratively with the technology and business teams to integrate FPGA and hardware solutions into our trading and research platforms
•    Researching and working with industry leading hardware and FPGA products
•    Working alongside industry experts in the fields of systems engineering, finance, and technology
•    Leading/mentoring junior team members
•    Taking ownership of and leading projects from start to finish including design, roll out, and testing
•    Working on challenging and dynamic problems in a team atmosphere

Experience and Qualifications:
•    Bachelor’s degree in Electric Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
•    Experience with Verilog, scripting and/or programming, and Linux
•    Mid level candidate, someone with 5-15 years of experience
•    Industry experience is strongly preferred. Someone in the defense industry or has solid experience outside of the trading industry can be considered as well.
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills
•    Problem solvers who are driven, self-motivated, and "outside of the box" thinkers