Hybrid System Lead Engineer: AI & Server Infra

Lenovo Inc.; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Lenovo is seeking a highly motivated System Lead Engineer to join our Product Delivery Team, driving server platforms from development through customer delivery. You will own end-to-end system execution, collaborating with engineering, manufacturing, operations, and customer teams to meet technical requirements and delivery commitments.

This hybrid role is based in Morrisville, NC, requiring three days in the office and two days remote each week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, CS, or related field.
• 8+ years in system engineering and server platforms (10+ years preferred).
• Experience owning server platform development through full lifecycle.
• Strong cross-functional leadership across engineering and operations.
• Excellent communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with manufacturing, deployment, and customer support.

Responsibilities

• Lead system-level server development, integration, debugging, validation, and issue resolution activities.
• Own products through the complete lifecycle, including development, qualification, manufacturing readiness, customer delivery, and deployment.
• Drive execution and coordination across hardware, firmware, software, validation, operations, manufacturing, and supply chain teams.
• Serve as the primary technical lead for system-level design decisions, problem solving, and product execution.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities to ensure products meet technical requirements, quality standards, customer expectations, and delivery schedules.
• Work directly with customers to understand requirements, review feedback, resolve technical issues, and support successful deployments.
• Partner closely with manufacturing teams to resolve production issues, improve product readiness, and ensure successful customer shipments.
• Lead root cause analysis and system-level debugging for complex hardware and infrastructure-related issues.
• Drive program execution and milestone tracking to ensure on-time product delivery.
• Support new product introductions, customer escalations, and post-release technical support as needed.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver innovative server and AI infrastructure solutions.

Skills

System engineering

Server platforms

Cross-functional leadership

Technical communication

Education

Bachelors in EE/CE/CS

Tools

NVIDIA GPUs

Job description

Lenovo is seeking a highly motivated System Lead Engineer to join our Product Delivery Team, driving server platforms from development through customer delivery. You will own end-to-end system execution, collaborating with engineering, manufacturing, operations, and customer teams to meet technical requirements and delivery commitments.

This hybrid role is based in Morrisville, NC, requiring three days in the office and two days remote each week.