System Lead Engineer

System Lead Engineer Lenovo United States, North Carolina, Morrisville Mar 24, 2026 General Information Req #

WD00095274

Career area: Hardware Engineering

Country/Region:

United States of America

State:

North Carolina

City:

Morrisville

Date:

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 Working time: Full-time

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• United States of America
• North Carolina
• Morrisville Why Work at Lenovo We are Lenovo.

We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers. Lenovo is a US$69 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world's largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo's continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (

HKSE:

992) (

ADR:

LNVGY). This transformation together with Lenovo's world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub. Description and Requirements We are hiring a System Engineering Lead to work in Lenovo's Cloud Service Provide Group (CSP). This is a fast-paced customer-centric organization that will adapt to changing market demands to serve customer needs. We're the only company with true end-to-end capabilities for even the most unique datacenter computing solution. Our CSP solutions can be designed, manufactured, tested, serviced and deployed worldwide using only Lenovo teams and without any other JDM support required at any stage of the product lifecycle. What You'll Do

• Stay current on Intel x86, AMD, Nvidia, FPGA, and ARM based technology roadmaps and understand how this technology can drive future datacenter architecture for industry and worldwide top public cloud customers
• Collaborate with customer engineering teams and Lenovo sales and marketing teams to extract and understand customer requirements in order to drive server designs/architectures, node/rack/scale level test plans, cable mappings, rack configurations, serviceability, manageability, etc.
• Create specifications and collateral that define the next generation hyperscale platforms
• Lead CSP development team to work out the design proposals with
• -Product and system spec
• -System architecture and placement
• -Demonstrate Lenovo design and engineering capability
• -Game plan and development strategy to win customer and business
• Perform subsystem/node/rack/lab level power analysis and rack level architecture/cable mapping/BOM development
• Log review meetings with validation/development teams and test plan reviews with validation/development/customer teams
• Engagement with suppliers and partners of hardware building blocks such as storage devices, network controllers, FPGAs, encryption/accelerator devices, GPUs and other emerging technology hardware devices
• Continue to promote innovation within Lenovo and the computing industry by filing new patents annually
• Own end-to-end product delivery (power point to production) from pre-concept to launch of platforms
• Work closely with validation engineering team, systems engineering team and manufacturing engineering team to drive issues found during test to closure between commodity vendor and customer
• Help identify areas of testing that could be automated and work with validation/script team to implement automation
• Help TPMs define development and test schedules Basic Qualifications
• Undergraduate BSEE or BSCE degree required
• 10+ years work experience in server and hardware development/validation with thorough understanding of computer hardware/firmware/software architecture
• Experience scripting in PowerShell, Python, Perl, bash, batch, etc. Preferred Qualifications
• A Master's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering is a plus.
• Hyperscale/Cloud experience
• Can use oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, host bus adapters, meters, and other test equipment to debug

HW/SW/FW

issues

• Cross discipline understanding of engineering that covers Thermal, Mechanical, Power, Power Management, and TCO of the Datacenter
• Experience in direct customer engagements and the ability to interface with Lenovo and customer executives
• Ability to understand customer requirements; interpret these requirements and convert them into a competitive CSP platform portfolio
• Deep knowledge of X86 Intel server architecture (BIOS/ME/BMC/HW Sequencing/Control, etc.)
• Thorough understanding of PCIe, SAS/SATA, I2C/I3C, SPI, eSPI/LPC, PMBUS/SMBUS, CAN and other commonly used communication buses
• Knowledge of design elements of OCP (Open Compute Project) based HW is a plus
• Proficiency with Linux server operating systems
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally
• Ability to work effectively cross-culturally across teams in the USA, Asia and Mexico We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.

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