FPGA Intern
DRW is a Chicago-based diversified trading firm that uses technology, quantitative research, and risk management to provide liquidity across traditional and digital-asset markets.
About DRW
Founded by Don Wilson in 1992, DRW trades for its own account across global markets and operates strategies in cryptoassets, venture capital, real estate, carbon markets, and public-equity investments. Its crypto business, Cumberland, has provided institutional crypto-asset liquidity since 2014.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
Design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary FPGA solutions for advanced trading applications, including exchange-data decoders, event-triggering modules, and FPGA architectures. Research solutions, communicate ideas, and collaborate with software developers, quantitative traders, researchers, and business analysts.
Requirements
- Pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or a related science discipline
- Expected graduation between December 2027 and June 2028
- Exposure to the FPGA development flow
- Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
- Problem-solving and analytical reasoning skills
- Communication and collaboration skills
- Development skills in SystemVerilog, Verilog, or VHDL
- Working knowledge of C++ or Python
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary FPGA solutions
- Create decoders for raw packet data from exchanges
- Develop modules that trigger events for traded instruments
- Develop FPGA architectures to expand data processing capabilities
- Identify and advocate for solutions to complex problems
- Conduct research to determine effective solutions
- Collaborate with software developers, quantitative traders, researchers, and business analysts
Benefits
- Fully furnished apartments located close to the office
- Educational, social, and team-building activities
- Mentorship with an experienced hardware engineer
- Options course framed from a developer's perspective
- Meaningful project experience