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# Graduate FPGA Engineer

- **Company:** Optiver Derivatives Trading-USA,LLC
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Algorithmic Trading, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Hardware Infrastructure
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/graduate-fpga-engineer-2027-start-chicago-optiver-8780463

## About the Role

* 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
 * 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

## Description

* Accelerate network infrastructure and trading system components with high-speed hardware designs.
 * Research new low-latency techniques and platforms and identify opportunities for integration with our trading system.
 * Collaborate in a multidisciplinary team of traders, software developers, and infrastructure engineers.
 * Leverage the best hardware available or build in-house versions to ensure our FPGAs can interface with cutting-edge server hardware.

What you'll get

You'll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you'll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets.


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