Graduate Hardware Engineer

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Chicago, IL
Hybrid
Fintech • Software
IMC is a proprietary trading firm and market maker in various products listed on exchanges globally.
The Role

Having the best technology drives our business. 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, even as complexity grows. You will collaborate with team members and receive support from both a mentor and a lead who will oversee your projects and professional development.
Your Core 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


Your Skills and Experience:

  • Current student at a university in the United States or Canada graduating between December 2024 - July 2025 that is pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related degree
  • Strong analytical skills and a desire to solve complex problems programmatically
  • Proficient in SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL, or other RTL programming (additional software experience is a plus; C++, Python, or similar)
  • 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 2025


You may submit one application per role each year. We strongly encourage you to focus on applying to a single role that best matches your skills and interests. Though you may apply to multiple roles, please note that each application will be evaluated based on the specific criteria established for that particular role.
If you have already applied for this position during the current recruitment season and were not selected, you may reapply when the next recruitment season begins in 2025.
About Us
IMC is a leading trading firm, known worldwide for our advanced, low-latency technology and world-class execution capabilities. Over the past 30 years, we've been a stabilizing force in the financial markets - providing the essential liquidity our counterparties depend on. Across offices in the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific, our talented employees are united by our entrepreneurial spirit, exceptional culture, and commitment to giving back. It's a strong foundation that allows us to grow and add new capabilities, year after year. From entering dynamic new markets, to developing a state-of-the-art research environment and diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to imagine what could be and work together to make it happen.

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The Company
Chicago, IL
1,600 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1989

What We Do

We're one of the world's leading market makers, trading on more than 80 exchanges around the world. Founded in Amsterdam in 1989, IMC was among the first to value the importance of technology and innovation in the evolution of trading. As we invested we grew, from 2 to over 1600. Today we operate globally – across time zones and continents.

Why Work With Us

At IMC it's not the hierarchy but the idea that prevails. So, we’ve done away with artificial barriers and built a company that has very little bureaucracy. As a result our people can explore their potential without limits, developing and implementing the systems and strategies that have made us one of the world’s leading liquidity providers.

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