Principal FPGA Engineer - Markets Technology

About ASX

ASX is a leading global securities exchange powering Australia's financial markets with a strong mission to enable a fair and dynamic marketplace for all. Known for being a trusted market operator and a vital data hub, ASX nurtures a diverse workforce that brings a wide range of disciplines together, prominently including technology professionals. ASX values inclusivity and diversity through employee-led initiatives, promoting gender equality, accessibility, wellbeing, and cultural celebration, ensuring a supportive workplace culture.

Role Overview

The Principal FPGA Engineer is a senior technical authority responsible for the design, development, and enhancement of FPGA-based systems critical to equities trading technology. This role focuses on market connectivity, data processing, protocol acceleration, and latency-sensitive workflows, acting as a trusted technical advisor influencing architecture, engineering standards, and strategic direction of FPGA and hardware-accelerated technologies within the trading platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop FPGA architectures and solutions supporting trading platforms, including review and governance processes.
• Drive continuous innovation through reusable design frameworks and engineering best practices.
• Analyze and optimize latency-critical workflows, protocol processing, and connectivity for enhanced platform performance.
• Provide expertise in performance benchmarking and capacity planning.
• Lead strategic technical advisory, influencing roadmap and investment decisions related to hardware acceleration technologies.
• Establish and uphold engineering standards, design principles, and quality benchmarks for low-latency hardware and software integration.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams including software engineering, network, infrastructure, operations, and external vendors.
• Engage in contribution to industry forums and maintain knowledge of emerging trends.
• Mentor engineers and guide teams to uphold rigorous engineering discipline focused on deterministic, high-performance computing.
• Ensure FPGA solutions meet security, operational resilience, and supportability standards.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of practical experience in FPGA development or engineering for low-latency platforms.
• Demonstrated track record of designing and deploying FPGA solutions in production environments.
• Experience leading complex technical projects and shaping architecture strategies.
• Strong knowledge of high-performance and distributed computing systems.

Specialist Technical Skills

• Proficient in FPGA design and implementation methodologies.
• Expertise with hardware description languages such as VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog.
• Experience with high-speed networking and low-latency market infrastructure.
• Familiarity with protocol processing and hardware/software co-design.
• Competence in real-time deterministic systems and system performance benchmarking.
• Comfortable in Linux environments and systems programming.

Desirable Attributes

• Background in exchange, trading, market data, or financial services sectors.
• In-depth understanding of market connectivity technologies and exchange infrastructure like matching engines.
• Additional advanced engineering qualifications or industry recognition in relevant specialties.

Leadership and Culture

• Though not a direct manager, acts as a technical leader and mentor fostering best practices and standards across teams.
• Influences technology direction and is recognized as an expert within the organization.
• Supports a diverse, inclusive, and flexible workplace culture encouraged by ASX.

Additional Information

Successful candidates will undergo background checks including reference and police verifications as part of onboarding. Candidates must be legally authorized to work permanently in Australia without any restrictions. ASX supports flexible working arrangements and encourages applicants interested in part-time or flexible commitments despite the role being full-time and onsite.