Hardware Engineer
IMC Trading
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Description
IMC is a leading global market maker, driven by technology and built on a foundation of continuous innovation. Our teams blend trading expertise, advanced research, and world-class engineering to provide liquidity across exchanges and asset classes.
At IMC, speed and precision are essential. Our FPGA engineers play a critical role in designing and deploying hardware systems that sit on the absolute front line of trading—processing market data, making decisions, and executing trades in nanoseconds. These systems are custom-built to deliver ultra-low latency and deterministic performance, giving us a decisive edge in highly competitive markets. As part of the FPGA team, you’ll work closely with traders and technologists to build hardware that directly shapes trading outcomes.
We're looking for an exceptional FPGA Engineer to help us push the limits of performance and redefine what's possible in a competitive technological landscape where the best trading idea alone doesn’t cut it anymore. Instead, only the best trading ideas that are enabled via robust, scalable and fast technology win.
Your Core Responsibilities
- Architect, design, and deploy FPGA-based solutions for parsing market data and executing trades with ultra-low latency.
- Collaborate with traders and developers to translate strategy requirements into real-time hardware logic.
- Analyse and optimize system performance at every level—from transceiver tuning to logic layout.
- Develop and maintain a robust simulation and testing framework to ensure system reliability.
- Monitor and improve FPGA performance in live trading environments through benchmarking and profiling.
- Explore emerging technologies and bring new ideas to continually sharpen our hardware advantage.
Your Skills and Experience:
- 3+ years’ experience in financial markets, exchange protocols (FIX, OUCH, ITCH), or co-designing FPGA and software systems.
- BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Extensive experience with FPGA or ASIC technologies, including proficiency in either VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.
- Strong engineering skills in Python, C++ or C.
- Solid understanding of digital design principles, including pipelining, flow control, and clock domain crossing.
- Experience with FPGA development tools and toolchains (Vivado, Quartus, Synplify, etc.).
- Proven ability to optimize for low latency and high throughput in production systems.
- Familiarity with networking protocols (e.g., Ethernet, TCP, UDP).
About Us
IMC is a research-driven trading firm where quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering shape how modern markets are traded. A stabilizing force in markets since 1989, we provide liquidity across trading venues, delivering the best outcome in value and risk management to investors. Using our own technology and capital, we build proprietary systems and algorithms that operate across global markets. Our researchers, traders, and engineers work as a collective, combining rapid experimentation, advanced infrastructure, and real-time feedback to turn insight into execution and execution into advantage.
About this role
IMC Trading is seeking an FPGA Engineer to design and deploy hardware systems that execute trades at nanosecond speeds. You'd be responsible for architecting ultra-low-latency solutions that parse market data and execute orders, working directly with traders and developers to translate strategy into real-time hardware logic. The role involves continuous optimization of system performance—from transceiver tuning to logic layout—as well as developing simulation frameworks, monitoring live trading performance, and exploring emerging technologies to maintain IMC's competitive edge.
To succeed, you'll need at least three years of experience in financial markets, exchange protocols, or co-designing FPGA and software systems, plus a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field. You should be proficient in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog, with strong engineering skills in Python, C++, or C. Solid grounding in digital design principles—pipelining, flow control, clock domain crossing—and hands-on experience with FPGA development tools like Vivado or Quartus are essential. Familiarity with networking protocols and a proven track record optimizing for low latency in production systems will set you apart.
This is an in-office, full-time role in Sydney. IMC is a research-driven trading firm founded in 1989 that combines quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering to operate across global markets. The position sits at the intersection of trading strategy and cutting-edge hardware design—a place where engineering excellence directly impacts trading outcomes.
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