Optiver
FPGA Engineer Intern (Summer 2027 - Austin)
Austin, Texas, United States · Internship · Posted Jul 21, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Optiver is supportive of US immigration sponsorship for this role.
About the job
Design and integrate FPGA-based hardware to accelerate Optiver’s networking and trading systems, focusing on low latency and performance.
What you'll do
- Build high-speed hardware designs to accelerate network infrastructure and trading system components.
- Research low-latency techniques and platforms and identify opportunities to integrate them into trading systems.
- Collaborate across disciplines and develop or select hardware that enables FPGAs to interface with advanced server hardware.
What they ask for
- Pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- On track to graduate between December 2027 and June 2028, with junior standing or higher.
- Hands-on digital design experience with FPGAs or ASICs.
- Experience writing hardware in VHDL, Verilog, or System Verilog.
Tools
FPGAs, ASICs, VHDL, Verilog, System Verilog
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