FPGA Intern

FPGA Intern

Our formula for success is to hire exceptional people, encourage their ideas, and reward their results.

As an FPGA Intern, you will build advanced trading applications leveraging cutting-edge technology. DRW enables our FPGA interns to develop a real-world, trading-centric FPGA application under the guidance of senior technologists, with the goal of deployment during your ten weeks. Your days will be immersed in complex projects directly driving DRW’s progress, while your evenings will be spent exploring the city through organized social events to experience what it’s like to live and work in London.

How you will make an impact…

• Design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary FPGA solutions, including:
  • Decoders to receive raw packet data from various exchanges and translate it into a more accessible form.
  • Modules that take decoded data and trigger events for specific instruments traded on that exchange.
  • Novel FPGA architectures to expand data processing capabilities.
• Identify innovative solutions to complex problems and advocate for their implementation to your team by communicating your ideas clearly and concisely.
• Conduct robust research using available resources to determine the best solution.
• Collaborate with software developers, quantitative traders, and researchers, as well as business analysts, in cross-functional team environments.

What you bring to the team…

• Are pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or any related science discipline, with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and June 2028.
• Have exposure to the FPGA development flow.
• Have a strong understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• An eagerness to learn and apply what you have learned, and to understand the impact of your code.
• Have strong problem-solving and analytical reasoning skills.
• Have strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Exhibit excellent development skills in System Verilog, Verilog, or VHDL, and have a working knowledge of C++ or Python, with a deep curiosity to learn and absorb new technologies quickly.

What to expect during the internship…

• Meaningful projects: You’ll receive a challenging project to complete during your time here. Each project, advised by a hardware engineer, promotes a comprehensive learning experience and provides meaningful work experience.
• Community: Throughout the summer, we host a variety of educational, social, and team-building activities to foster friendship and camaraderie.
• Housing: DRW provides fully furnished apartments located close to the office to make your morning commute as easy as possible.
• Mentorship: You’ll build a professional relationship with an experienced mentor in your field. Mentors and mentees meet to discuss goals, challenges, and professional development, and explore the city together during mentor outings.
• Education: To prepare you for how technology will continue to impact trading’s future landscape, you will complete an options course framed from a developer’s standpoint to help you visualize how your technology solutions will be used in real time.

About DRW

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.

Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities, and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital, and cryptoassets.

We operate with respect, curiosity, and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters—it’s how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation, and a willingness to challenge consensus.