Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.
Trading Infrastructure is a global organization of Engineers who architect, build and maintain our world-class infrastructure. From colo design/implementation, to optimizing our exchange connectivity, to building world class low latent Wide Area Networks, we leverage research and automation to consistently adapt and innovate our infrastructure to scale and drive our trading and evolving business. We're looking to hire a Hardware Engineer to join our Platforms team and assist with the design and development of novel high speed networking devices.
What You'll Do:
- Lead definition of PCB, chassis, and other deployment form factors for our range of in-house ASICs and off-the-shelf FPGAs.
- System design, schematic capture and PCB layout of high-speed digital devices featuring 10/25GbE and PCIe Gen5.
- Manage relationships with external contract designers and manufacturers
- Develop thermal and power strategy for deployments within many worldwide data centers
- Work with ASIC design team to influence designs
- Specify and oversee characterization of technologically demanding solutions
- Produce documentation and characterization literature
- Interpret high level requirements to create exceptional solutions for the trading community
- Provide mentorship to less experienced members of the team
Skills You’ll Need:
A strong understanding of electronics and high speed digital systems
Direct experience in the following:
- High Speed PCB design, preferably with Altium Designer.
- Signal Integrity and Power Integrity techniques
- Deployment of high-reliability/safety-critical systems
- Prototype bringup, test and characterization of high speed digital links
- PCBA production test programme management
A passion for development, a strong work ethic and the drive to continually learn and improve
Sound understanding of technology trade-offs, and a pragmatic approach to problem solving
The ability to work both alone and as part of a small multi-disciplined team
Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or related subject
At least 3 years of production design experience
Bonus points:
- Experience in working with RF systems
- Software development skills – Python, C/C++
- RTL development skills for FPGAs – SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL
- Post silicon ASIC validation, characterization and production test suite creation
- Knowledge of semiconductor package design and fabrication processes and workflows