About Careertakes

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Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Position summary

Confidential Client is seeking a Graduate FPGA Engineer (2027 start) to design and accelerate low-latency, high-performance hardware for production trading systems. This role is ideal for a graduating student with hands-on FPGA or ASIC digital design experience who wants to work on nanosecond-scale systems in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team.

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What You’ll Do

• Accelerate network infrastructure and trading system components using high-speed FPGA hardware designs.
• Research low-latency techniques and platforms and identify opportunities to integrate them into production systems.
• Collaborate closely with traders, software developers, and infrastructure engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Interface FPGAs with modern server hardware — use best-in-class components or develop in-house solutions when needed.

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Onboarding

• Participate in an intensive Global Academy during your first eight weeks to learn trading theory, the tech stack, and role-specific workflows.
• Be paired with a dedicated mentor to help you take ownership of tasks and ramp quickly into impactful work.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $200,000 — $200,000 USD (expected)
• Eligible for a discretionary bonus and participation in a global profit-sharing pool
• 401(k) match up to 50%
• Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• 25 paid vacation days plus market holidays
• Extensive office perks (breakfast, lunch, snacks), social events, clubs, and sporting leagues
• Highly competitive overall compensation package

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Who You Are

• A student pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• On track to graduate between December 2026 and June 2027
• Strong engineering instincts with hands-on digital design experience on FPGAs or ASICs
• Experienced writing hardware description languages such as VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog
• Passionate about clean design, well-architected systems, and continuous improvement
• A collaborative teammate comfortable working across technical and business disciplines

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About Our Client

Confidential Client is a technology- and research-driven trading organization where engineers, scientists, mathematicians, and traders work side-by-side to develop, test, and scale ideas that shape how markets are understood and traded. The organization combines rigorous research with fast-paced engineering to iterate and deploy solutions at scale. Confidential Client values diverse perspectives and fosters an inclusive environment.

Confidential Client is supportive of U.S. immigration sponsorship for this role.

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Additional notes

• Confidential Client has an application re-apply policy for graduate and internship roles. If you have completed any portion of an online assessment or interviewed for the same FPGA graduate/intern role at any Confidential Client location in the past 8 months, you are not eligible to reapply until the 8-month cool-off period has passed.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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