Chris Higgs
FPGA Developer at Jump Trading LLC
United States
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Top SchoolChris Higgs is a seasoned FPGA developer and co-founder with 15 years building ultra-low-latency systems across finance, telecoms, security, and high-performance computing. He blends deep RTL and firmware expertise with software skills—PCIe, Linux drivers, kernel-bypass and zero-copy APIs—to deliver production FPGA IP and end-to-end system integration. As Lead Engineer at Potential Ventures and now at Jump Trading, he has driven FPGA acceleration for market data and trading systems where nanoseconds matter. He’s a regular presenter on rapid verification using Python, reflecting a pragmatic focus on verification-driven development and co-simulation. Colleagues rely on him for cross-domain technical leadership that spans board design through host software and deployment.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Systems Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Systems Engineering at University of Warwick
Github Skills (32)
verilog10
python10
uvm10
verification10
vhdl10
debugging9
delay9
fpga8
eda7
abstraction7
asic6
travis-ci6
simulator6
travis-ci-api5
continuous-testing4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
chiggs/cocotb
Apr 2015 - Dec 2018
Coroutine Co-simulation Test Bench
Contributions:2 PRs, 49 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 8 months
benchsimulationtest-benchcoroutineco-simulation
chiggs/oc_jpegencode
Jan 2014 - Sep 2015
Contributions:28 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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