FPGA Design Engineer

2 weeks ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Optiver Full time
Unlock the Power of FPGA Technology

As an FPGA Engineer Intern at Optiver, you'll embark on a thrilling journey to push the boundaries of performance and efficiency in our world-class trading systems. Your mission will be to create innovative solutions that tackle complex business challenges with nanosecond response times, highly parallelised algorithms, and customised low-level networking.

Your Key Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with senior Engineers and Traders to design and develop latency-critical applications, parallel systems, and networking interfaces.
  • Work closely with our in-house education team to advance our FPGA technology and explore new domain areas, such as high-precision timestamping and proprietary inter-system communication protocols.
  • Develop applications with our Traders to improve trading strategies and success rates, and support new networking protocols like 25G and 100G interfaces.
What You'll Get:
  • A highly-competitive internship compensation package.
  • Optiver-covered flights, living accommodations, and commuting stipends (where applicable).
  • Office perks, including fully paid commuting expenses, daily breakfast and lunch, social events, and clubs.
Who We're Looking For:
  • Students working towards a bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, graduating between December 2025 and June 2026.
  • Strong engineering instincts and academic experience in digital design with FPGAs or ASICs.
  • Experience in writing hardware in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemsVerilog.
  • Passion for clean code, simple, well-architected systems, and continuous improvement.

At Optiver, we're committed to diversity and inclusion. If you're passionate about cutting-edge technology and want to make a real impact, we encourage you to apply.


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