FPGA Engineer Intern (Summer 2026)

Optiver -posted 5 months ago
$60,000 - $70,000/Yr
Intern
Chicago, IL
501-1,000 employees
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As a FPGA Engineer Intern, you’ll work side-by-side with your mentor and teammates to build real-world applications that power a global trading firm. Your projects will be scoped based on your team’s real needs — not hypothetical tasks — and your mentor will be fully invested in helping you build high-quality solutions designed to last. You’ll contribute to meaningful projects focusing on nanosecond response times, highly parallelized algorithms, and customized low-level networking. We operate in one of the most fast-paced and competitive environments in the tech industry. That means no two days are the same, and every day brings new, exciting technical challenges to solve. This opportunity is also available in our Austin office — learn more and apply.

  • Deep dive into trading fundamentals, from theoretical concepts to financial markets, strategies, and cutting-edge technology.
  • Collaborate closely with best-in-class engineers, traders, and business teams to develop, test, and ship your code to production.
  • Tackle complex, real-world problems to enhance your critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Support new networking protocols – think 25G and 100G interfaces.
  • Develop applications with our Traders to improve our trading strategies and success rates.
  • Make your mark on our future trading systems by trailblazing new domain areas – from high-precision timestamping to new proprietary inter-system communication protocols.
  • A student pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or another related field.
  • On track to graduate between December 2026 to June 2027, with junior standing or higher.
  • A student with strong engineering instincts and hands-on experience in digital design with FPGAs or ASICs.
  • Experienced in writing hardware in VHDL, Verilog, or System Verilog.
  • Passionate for writing clean code, well-architected systems, and continuous improvement.
  • A collaborative teammate comfortable working with developers, traders and business teams.
  • The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries.
  • The opportunity to earn a full-time offer in Chicago or Austin based on performance.
  • A highly-competitive internship compensation package.
  • Optiver-covered flights, living accommodations, and commuting stipends.
  • Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more.
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