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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.
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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
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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.
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Your Core Responsibilities:
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Architect, design, and deploy FPGA-based solutions for parsing market data and executing trades with ultra-low latency.
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Collaborate with traders and developers to translate strategy requirements into real-time hardware logic.
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Analyse and optimize system performance at every level—from transceiver tuning to logic layout.
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Develop and maintain a robust simulation and testing framework to ensure system reliability.
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Monitor and improve FPGA performance in live trading environments through benchmarking and profiling.
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Explore emerging technologies and bring new ideas to continually sharpen our hardware advantage.
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Your Skills and Experience:
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5+ years' experience in financial markets, exchange protocols (FIX, OUCH, ITCH), or co-designing FPGA and software systems.
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BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
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Extensive experience with FPGA or ASIC technologies, including proficiency in either VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.
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Strong engineering skills in Python, C++ or C.
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Solid understanding of digital design principles, including pipelining, flow control, and clock domain crossing.
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Experience with FPGA development tools and toolchains (Vivado, Quartus, Synplify, etc.).
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Proven ability to optimize for low latency and high throughput in production systems.
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Familiarity with networking protocols (e.g., Ethernet, TCP, UDP).
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Seniority level
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Seniority level
Mid-Senior leveln
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Employment type
Full-timen
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Information Technology, Engineering, and Financen
Industries
Capital Marketsn
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📌 Field-Programmable Gate Arrays Engineer (New South Wales)
🏢 IMC Trading
📍 New South Wales