Akuna Capital
Hardware Engineer Intern, Summer 2027
About this role
Join Akuna Capital's FPGA team as a Hardware Engineer Intern for a 10-week summer program focused on designing low-latency trading systems. You'll work on high-performance computing hardware alongside experienced engineers, taking ownership of projects that directly impact the firm's trading operations.
What you'll do
- Design and implement solutions for high-performance, low-latency FPGA systems
- Collaborate with hardware and C++ software engineers on complex technical problems
- Take full ownership of an assigned internship project from conception to completion
- Investigate and contribute to automated trading algorithm development
- Work on optimizing high-performance computing systems for speed and efficiency
- Present project accomplishments at the end of the 10-week program
What they're looking for
- FPGA design and implementation
- Hardware engineering fundamentals
- C++ programming
- Low-latency system optimization
- Digital logic and circuit design
- High-performance computing
- Problem-solving and collaborative teamwork
- System-level thinking
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Akuna Capital
Akuna Capital is an options market-maker and trading firm that operates 24/7 across crypto and traditional markets globally. The company is hiring Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, Security Engineers, and Data Engineers to build and maintain low-latency trading infrastructure, core trading systems, large-scale data pipelines, and secure technical infrastructure.
View all jobs at Akuna CapitalLikely interview questions
- What is your experience with FPGA design tools and HDL languages like Verilog or VHDL?
- Can you describe a project where you optimized a system for performance or latency?