Graduate FPGA Engineer (2027 Start - Chicago)

The role

You will build real-world applications and high-speed hardware designs to power a global trading firm. You will research low-latency techniques and collaborate with traders, software developers, and infrastructure engineers.

What you will do

• 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.

Required qualifications

• 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
• 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
• Collaborative teammate comfortable working with developers, traders and business teams

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation package
• Global profit-sharing pool and performance-based bonus structure
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
• 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
• Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues and more

Before you apply

• Optiver is supportive of US immigration sponsorship for this role.
• If you have completed any portion of an online assessment or interviewed for an FPGA Engineer graduate or internship role at any Optiver location in the past 8 months, you are not yet eligible to reap

About the company

Optiver is a leading technology- and research-driven trading firm. Their teams work side by side to develop, test, and scale ideas that shape how they understand and trade global markets.