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Sunrise Futures, LLC

Senior FPGA Engineer

Sunrise Futures, LLC, Chicago, IL


Sunrise Futures is looking to hire a highly talented Senior FPGA Engineer to join our technology team.

The Role:
  • Oversee full life cycle of FPGA development
  • 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
  • Lead/mentor 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


The Requirements:
  • 4+ years experience in FPGA Design including hardware architecture, simulation, system integration, hardware validation and testing
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electric Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
  • Experience with Xilinx, Vivado, and ModelSim
  • Familiarity with Verilog, scripting and/or programming, and Linux
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills
  • Must be willing to take ownership
  • Problem solvers who are driven, self-motivated, and "outside of the box" thinkers
  • Motivated, dependable, and responsible team players


The Company:

At Sunrise Futures, we bring science to trading. We have built a perfect combination of an algorithmic trading engine, a scientific research laboratory, and a technology venture. We harness the combined power of our industry-leading research platform, cutting-edge technology, and highly talented team to produce algorithmic trading strategies in markets all around the globe. By putting a tremendous emphasis on scientific trading, we have had a growing profit stream ever since our inception.

Sunrise Futures is a mix of computer scientists, physicists, engineers, and mathematicians - but in a nutshell - we are all problem solvers. At Sunrise we strive to maintain a highly collaborative and productive environment. By selecting only individuals who we truly believe are a good match for the firm and vice versa, we have built an exceptional team and workplace where everyone can thrive, learn and excel to their maximum potential.

The Benefits:
  • Paid time off and sick leave
  • Fully covered medical and dental insurance premiums
  • Generous 401(k) match
  • Daily catered lunches plus fully stocked kitchens with snacks
  • Free gym membership
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • RTA commuter plan
  • Life insurance
  • Short-term disability coverage
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Frequent company events, happy hours, and more!