Graduate Hardware Engineer
IMC Trading
About the Role
As a Hardware Engineer at IMC, you are responsible for spotting new opportunities, solving problems, and developing new technologies. Our Hardware development process is innovative, pragmatic, and fun. You will collaborate with team members and receive support from both a mentor and a lead.
Key Responsibilities
- Enhance your knowledge of trading, algorithm complexity, system design, and coding.
- Work within different systems involving a mix of software and cutting-edge hardware technologies.
- Develop hardware designs and tests.
- Drive projects from ideation to production.
- Explore innovative low-latency techniques to implement within our trading system.
- Build relationships across our technology and trading teams.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL, or other RTL programming.
- Additional software experience is a plus: C++, Python, or similar.
Qualifications
- Current university student graduating between September 2026 – July 2027.
- Pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related degree.
- Strong analytical skills and a desire to solve complex problems programmatically.
- Desire to collaborate with non-engineers in a dynamic environment.
- Interest in the Financial Markets (previous knowledge is NOT required).
- Must be available for full-time employment starting in February or August 2027.
Base Salary
$200,000
About IMC
IMC is a research-driven trading firm where quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering shape how modern markets are traded. A stabilizing force in markets since 1989, we provide liquidity across trading venues, delivering the best outcome in value and risk management to investors. Using our own technology and capital, we build proprietary systems and algorithms that operate across global markets. Our researchers, traders, and engineers work as a collective, combining rapid experimentation, advanced infrastructure, and real-time feedback to turn insight into execution and execution into advantage.