Graduate Hardware Engineer: Low-Latency Trading Tech

IMC Trading; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 190,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC Trading is seeking a Hardware Engineer intern to join our Chicago team. You will collaborate with engineers to spot opportunities, solve problems and develop new technologies for low-latency trading systems.

This role emphasizes hardware design, testing, and production-ready implementations within a cutting-edge environment. Applicants must be current Electrical/Computer Engineering students graduating 2026–2027 and available for full-time employment starting February or August 2027.

Qualifications

• Current university student pursuing Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field, graduating 2026–2027
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability
• Willing to work full-time starting February or August 2027

Responsibilities

• Enhance knowledge of trading, algorithm complexity, system design, and coding
• Work within systems combining software and cutting-edge hardware technologies
• Develop hardware designs and tests
• Drive projects from ideation to production
• Explore low-latency techniques to implement within trading system
• Build relationships across technology and trading teams

Skills

RTL programming

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Education

Electrical/Computer Engineering student (graduating 2026-2027)

Tools

SystemVerilog

Verilog

VHDL

C++

Python

Job description

IMC Trading is seeking a Hardware Engineer intern to join our Chicago team. You will collaborate with engineers to spot opportunities, solve problems and develop new technologies for low-latency trading systems.

This role emphasizes hardware design, testing, and production-ready implementations within a cutting-edge environment. Applicants must be current Electrical/Computer Engineering students graduating 2026–2027 and available for full-time employment starting February or August 2027.