FPGA Engineer

Job Description

IMC, a leading global market maker, is seeking an exceptional FPGA Engineer to join their team in Sydney. The FPGA Engineer will play a critical role in designing and deploying hardware systems that sit on the absolute front line of trading. He will be working closely with traders and technologists to build hardware that directly shapes trading outcomes.

• 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.

Requirements:

• 5+ 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).

IMC offers:

• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a collaborative, high-performance culture.