Optiver
FPGA Engineer Intern (Summer 2027 - Chicago)
$80K
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Internship · Posted Jun 16, 2026
- Experience
- No years of experience specified.
- Education
- Student pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or another related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Optiver is supportive of US immigration sponsorship for this role.
About the job
Design and research FPGA-based hardware and networking solutions to improve the latency and performance of Optiver’s trading systems.
What you'll do
- Develop high-speed hardware designs for network infrastructure and trading components.
- Research low-latency techniques and platforms, and identify opportunities to integrate them into trading systems.
- Collaborate with traders, software developers, and infrastructure engineers; help ensure FPGAs interface with 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.
Pay
$80,000 — $80,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
FPGAs, ASICs, VHDL, Verilog, System Verilog
AI focus
The posting mentions Optiver’s use of cutting-edge AI technology but does not specify AI work for this role.
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