FPGA Engineer — Ultra-Low Latency Trading

IMC; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC is a leading global market maker leveraging technology to provide instant liquidity across exchanges. We seek an exceptional FPGA Engineer to design FPGA-based systems that parse market data and execute trades with ultra-low latency.

You will work with traders and developers to translate strategies into real-time hardware, optimise performance, and push our competitive edge. You will contribute to simulation frameworks, validate designs, and explore new technologies to maintain IMC’s

Qualifications

• 3+ years of 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 Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL.
• 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).

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 optimise 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.

Skills

FPGA engineering

Low latency

Verilog

SystemVerilog

VHDL

Python

C/C++

Networking basics

Financial markets

Education

Bachelors in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

Vivado

Quartus

Synplify

Job description

IMC is a leading global market maker leveraging technology to provide instant liquidity across exchanges. We seek an exceptional FPGA Engineer to design FPGA-based systems that parse market data and execute trades with ultra-low latency.

You will work with traders and developers to translate strategies into real-time hardware, optimise performance, and push our competitive edge. You will contribute to simulation frameworks, validate designs, and explore new technologies to maintain IMC’s