FPGA Engineer Intern — Ultra-Low Latency & ML Apps

Jump Trading; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 230,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Jump Trading Group is seeking engineers to join our FPGA team that designs next-generation, ultra-low-latency systems powering global trading. You will work on networking, high-performance computing, and real-time acceleration using hardware specialized beyond off-the-shelf components.

You’ll collaborate with a small, experienced team and PhDs from top FPGA research labs, contributing to cutting-edge software and hardware efforts.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or Graduate concentration in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related areas.
• Experience with FPGA or other hardware/systems design and development.
• Experience with RTL (SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL).
• Previous internship experience in hardware or low-level software engineering.
• Experience with C, C++, or Python.
• Passion for solving complex problems and ability to draw upon knowledge and experience from a variety of technical areas to produce extremely high‑performance solutions.
• Reliable and predictable availability.

Responsibilities

• Join the FPGA team building ultra-low-latency systems for global trading.
• Tackle networking, high-performance computing, and real-time acceleration challenges.
• Collaborate with experienced engineers and PhDs from top labs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

FPGA design

C/C++

Python

High-performance computing

Team collaboration

Education

Undergraduate/Graduate in Electrical Eng, CS, or related

Tools

RTL (SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL)

Linux driver development

OpenCL/HLS

Job description

Jump Trading Group is seeking engineers to join our FPGA team that designs next-generation, ultra-low-latency systems powering global trading. You will work on networking, high-performance computing, and real-time acceleration using hardware specialized beyond off-the-shelf components.

You’ll collaborate with a small, experienced team and PhDs from top FPGA research labs, contributing to cutting-edge software and hardware efforts.