Internships

Our formula for success is to hire exceptional people, encourage their ideas and reward their results.   As a n   FPGA  Intern , you will build advanced trading  applications   leveraging   cutting-edge  technology. DRW enables our  FPGA  Interns to develop  a  real-world  trading centric FPGA application  under the guidance of senior technologists with the goal of deployment during your ten weeks. While your days will have you immersed in complex projects directly driving DRW’s progress, your evenings will be spent exploring the city with organized social events to truly discover what it is like to live and work in Chicago.    How you will make an impact…   Design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary  FPGA  solutions . Examples include creating:   Decoders to receive raw packet data from various exchanges and translate it into a more accessible form   Modules  which take decoded data and  trigger events  for  specific  instrument s  traded on that exchange Novel FPGA architectures to expand our data processing capabilities Identify  innovative solutions to complex problems and advocate for their implementation to your team by communicating your ideas in a clear and concise manner   Conduct robust research using a ll available resources to  determine  the best solution   Collaborate with software developers, quantitative traders, and researchers as well as business analysts in cross-functional team environments   What you bring to the team…   Are pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in  Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering,  Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or any related science discipline and have an expected graduation date between  December 2027  and  June 2028   Have exposure to the FPGA development flow   Have strong understanding of data structures, and algorithms   An eagerness to learn and apply what you have learned, and to know the impact of your code   Have strong problem-solving and analytical reasoning skills   Have strong communication  and collaboration skills   Exhibit excellent development skills in System Verilog, Verilog or VHDL and have a working knowledge of  C++  or  Python and a deep curiosity to learn and absorb  new technologies  quickly   What to expect during the internship…   Meaningful projects:   You’ll  receive a challenging project to complete during your time here. Each project, advised by a  hardware  engineer, promotes a comprehensive learning experience and provides you with meaningful work experience.   Community:  Throughout the summer, we host a variety of educational,  social  and team-building activities to foster friendship and camaraderie.   Housing:  DRW provides fully furnished apartments  located  close to the office –making your morning commute as easy as possible.   Mentorship:   You’ll  build a professional relationship with an experienced mentor in your field. Mentors and mentees meet to discuss goals, challenges and professional development and explore the city together at our mentor outings.   Education:  As technology continues to drive the trading industry forward, both in terms of new products and transaction methods, the future will present us with unique opportunities and challenges. To prepare you for how technology will continue to  impact  trading’s future landscape, you will complete an options course framed from a developer’s standpoint to help you visualize how your technology solutions will be used in real time. As the trading industry continually evolves, both in terms of new products and transaction methods, the future will present us with unique opportunities and challenges.   DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate  in markets around the world .   We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we  operate  using our own capital and trading at our own risk .     Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also  leveraged  our  expertise  and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture  capital  and  cryptoassets .     We  operate  with respect,  curiosity  and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that  it’s  not just what we  do  that matters– it's  how we do it.  DRW is a place of  high expectations , integrity,  innovation  and a willingness to challenge consensus.      The annual base salary for this position is $225,000. For more information about DRW's processing activities and our use of job applicants' data, please view our Privacy Notice at https://drw.com/privacy-notice . California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at  https://drw.com/california-privacy-notice . #LI-DNI