2027 Internship- Hardware Engineer (FPGA)

Virtu Financial•Austin, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Virtu is an industry-leading financial technology firm that operates both proprietary trading and client-facing businesses in the global financial marketplace. Our cutting edge, proprietary technology is core to everything we do. We trade in over 35 countries, across 235 financial exchanges and over 25% of retail order flow in the US. is serviced by Virtu. Our team is a dedicated group of traders, quants and developers that are inspired by the unique and exciting challenges we solve every day. Our culture combines the creativity of a fast paced start up, with the stability of a disciplined financial services firm. We are a flat organization and encourage our people to innovate and lean on their teammates for support and collaboration. We have fun, work hard and strive to be virtuous in all we do. At Virtu, our internship is designed to put you at the very center of ultra-low latency trading. You will tackle the actual engineering challenges that keep our trading systems competitive, paired with experienced engineers who mentor you through projects where every nanosecond counts. Our hardware team designs both FPGA and ASIC solutions that sit at the heart of our market-making infrastructure. You'll work across the full design lifecycle — from architecture and RTL implementation through simulation, verification, and bring-up on live hardware. At the end of your internship, you'll have turned an idea into something real, tangible, and running on silicon. No finance background is required. We are looking for curious engineers who thrive on hard problems at the boundary of hardware and software. What matters most is how you think and how you learn.

Requirements

Currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
Experience with Hardware Description Languages (SystemVerilog, Verilog)
Comfortable with software programming languages (Python, C++, or similar)
Basic understanding of network protocols
Strong problem solving and communication skills

Responsibilities

Work across the full design lifecycle — from architecture and RTL implementation through simulation, verification, and bring-up on live hardware.
Tackle engineering challenges that keep trading systems competitive.
Turn an idea into something real, tangible, and running on silicon.