Hardware Engineer II Intern - United States

We need to produce HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We need to parse the posting. First, remove boilerplate: "Please note this posting is to advertise potential job opportunities..." etc. Also "Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:" etc. Also "Why Cisco?" etc. Also "U.S. employees are offered benefits..." etc. Also "Employees may be eligible to receive grants..." etc. Also "U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away..." etc. Also "For non-sales roles..." etc. Also "Employees On Sales Plans Earn Performance-based Incentive Pay..." etc. Also "The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:" etc. Also "New York City Metro Area $44,000.00 - $185,000.00" etc. Also "Non-Metro New York State & Washington State $44,000.00 - $185,000.00". Also "For quota-based sales roles..." etc. Also "Employees in Illinois..." etc. We need to preserve substantive info: The role description: "Meet the Team The Common Hardware Group (CHG) creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products for organizations globally. Our innovations in silicon, optics, and hardware platforms—like Silicon One—are shaping the technology industry. We're a global team of creative experts, bringing our unique backgrounds and bold ideas to push boundaries and help each other grow. Because full product development—from design to qualification to production—is within our team, we’re able to think differently, experiment more, and work quickly. Join us to power the future of the digital world." Then "Your Impact Assist with the design and validation of a server sub-system. Ensure design meets functional specs. Work independently on assigned tasks. Participate as a valuable team member to deliver quality products on time. Participate in cross-functional meetings and teams. Participate in creating functional specifications and technical documentation." Then "Minimum Qualifications Currently enrolled in one of the following: An undergraduate degree program (Associate's or Bachelor's) with 2 years of work experience.Master’s degree program with 0 years of work experience.Qualifying education and work experience should be in Hardware Engineering or a related field. Expected to continue enrollment in degree program following completion of the internship. Experience creating test scripts in Python. Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams." Then "Preferred Qualifications Experience in hardware validation using lab equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, and Spectrum Analyzers. Familiarity with design tools such as Cadence Concept and Allegro. Excellent verbal and written communication skills." We also have "Why Cisco?" but that's generic fluff; we can include as "About the role"? Actually "Why Cisco?" is generic company description, but it's not specific to role. The instruction: include a section only when posting has real, specific content for it. "Why Cisco?" is generic but still content about company. Might be considered not specific to role but still substantive. However we have "About the role" section could include the team description and impact. The "Why Cisco?" could be considered "About the company" but not required. The instruction says we can have sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content. - About the role: could include team description and impact? Possibly "Meet the Team" and "Your Impact". That seems appropriate. - Responsibilities: list of duties: "Assist with the design and validation of a server sub-system. Ensure design meets functional specs. Work independently on assigned tasks. Participate as a valuable team member to deliver quality products on time. Participate in cross-functional meetings and teams. Participate in creating functional specifications and technical documentation." - Requirements: Minimum Qualifications. - Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications. - Skills: maybe combine required and preferred? But we have separate sections for Requirements and Qualifications; Skills could be separate if there is explicit skills list. We have "Experience creating test scripts in Python." and "Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams." under Minimum Qualifications. Also "Experience in hardware validation using lab equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, and Spectrum Analyzers." and "Familiarity with design tools such as Cadence Concept and Allegro." and "Excellent verbal and written communication skills." under Preferred Qualifications. Could treat those as Skills. But we already have Requirements and Qualifications sections; maybe we can put skills under Qualifications? However instruction: Use sections as appropriate. We could have Requirements (minimum qualifications), Qualifications (preferred qualifications), Skills (maybe combine both? but we already have both). Could also omit Skills if not distinct. But we have explicit skill items; we could put them under Skills section. However we already have Requirements and Qualifications; maybe we can treat Requirements as minimum qualifications, Qualifications as preferred qualifications, and Skills as a summary of technical skills (Python, lab equipment, design tools, communication). But that would duplicate content. Better to follow typical pattern: Requirements = minimum qualifications, Qualifications = preferred qualifications, Skills = maybe not needed. But we have skill details within those; we could keep them inside Requirements and Qualifications as lists. Thus we can have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications. Benefits, Pay, Schedule: we have some benefits info in the "Why Cisco?" and later sections about benefits, pay, schedule. The posting includes extensive benefits and pay info. According to instruction, we should include Benefits, Pay, Schedule sections only if posting actually states them. It does state benefits: medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) with match, paid parental leave, short/long-term disability, basic life insurance, restricted stock units, paid time away details, holidays, vacation, sick time, volunteer days, bonuses, etc. Also pay: salary ranges for certain locations (NYC Metro Area, Non-Metro NY State & Washington State). Also schedule? Not explicitly mentioned; maybe work schedule not given. So we should include Benefits and Pay sections. Schedule: not present, so omit. Thus we need to extract benefits and pay details. Benefits: list: - medical, dental and vision insurance - a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution - paid parental leave - short and long-term disability coverage - basic life insurance - grants of Cisco restricted stock units (vest after defined periods) - paid time away: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees; 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday; paid year-end holiday shutdown; 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco - Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees - Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations) - 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next - Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members - Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer - For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies. - Employees On Sales Plans Earn Performance-based Incentive Pay On Top Of Their Base Salary, Which Is Split Between Quota And Non-quota Components, Subject To The Applicable Cisco Plan. (details about quota-based incentive pay rates) - For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. - Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid. Pay: The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below: - New York City Metro Area $44,000.00 - $185,000.00 - Non-Metro New York State & Washington State $44,000.00 - $185,000.00 Also note: For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined. Thus we need to include Pay section with those ranges. We should not include boilerplate like "Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:" etc. Also remove duplicated lines. Now produce HTML fragment. Structure:

About the role

... team description and impact ...

Responsibilities

• ... each duty ...

Requirements

• ... each minimum qualification ...

Qualifications

• ... each preferred qualification ...

Benefits

• ... each benefit ...

Pay

... salary ranges ...

We need to ensure we don't include sections with placeholder text. All have content. Now craft the content precisely, preserving all substantive information. Let's extract About the role text: "The Common Hardware Group (CHG) creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products for organizations globally. Our innovations in silicon, optics, and hardware platforms—like Silicon One—are shaping the technology industry. We're a global team of creative experts, bringing our unique backgrounds and bold ideas to push boundaries and help each other grow. Because full product development—from design to qualification to production—is within our team, we’re able to think differently, experiment more, and work quickly. Join us to power the future of the digital world." Then "Your Impact Assist with the design and validation of a server sub-system. Ensure design meets functional specs. Work independently on assigned tasks. Participate as a valuable team member to deliver quality products on time. Participate in cross-functional meetings and teams. Participate in creating functional specifications and technical documentation." We could combine both into About the role paragraph(s). Could split into two paragraphs: first about team, second about impact. Use

for each. Now Responsibilities: list each duty as

. Duties: - Assist with the design and validation of a server sub-system. - Ensure design meets functional specs. - Work independently on assigned tasks. - Participate as a valuable team member to deliver quality products on time. - Participate in cross-functional meetings and teams. - Participate in creating functional specifications and technical documentation. Now Requirements (minimum qualifications): - Currently enrolled in one of the following: - An undergraduate degree program (Associate's or Bachelor's) with 2 years of work experience. - Master’s degree program with 0 years of work experience. - Qualifying education and work experience should be in Hardware Engineering or a related field. - Expected to continue enrollment in degree program following completion of the internship. - Experience creating test scripts in Python. - Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams. We need to keep the bullet structure; maybe combine first two as separate items. Now Qualifications (preferred): - Experience in hardware validation using lab equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, and Spectrum Analyzers. - Familiarity with design tools such as Cadence Concept and Allegro. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Now Benefits: list each benefit as

. Let's enumerate: - Medical, dental and vision insurance - 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution - Paid parental leave - Short and long-term disability coverage - Basic life insurance - Grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods