Senior AI Infrastructure & Research Lead

Lenovo; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Lenovo Intelligent Computing Lab in Morrisville, NC is seeking a technically credible researcher/leader to guide AI infrastructure initiatives and align them with Lenovo's Hybrid AI strategy.

You will work with a global team to translate research into Enterprise AI and Personal AI products, shaping architecture and performance while emphasizing energy efficiency. A PhD/MS and leadership experience are required.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (PhD/MS) in computer science, computer engineering, or related disciplines.
• 8+ years in systems/architecture/AI infrastructure RD, including 3+ years leading research or advanced development teams.
• Deep technical grounding in at least two areas: AI accelerators and intelligent computing; datacenter networking; storage systems; KV cache optimization; energy-efficient systems design; distributed training/inference stacks.

Responsibilities

• Define and identify high-leverage research bets in AI computing infrastructure, prioritizing against product and business impact.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance on system architecture, performance, power efficiency, and co-optimization trade-offs for LLM training, fine-tuning, and inference/serving.
• Partner with product, engineering, and business development to transition research into Enterprise AI and Personal AI product lines.

Skills

AI accelerators & intelligent compute

Datacenter networking

Storage systems

KV cache optimization

Energy-efficient systems design

Distributed training/inference stacks

Research-to-product translation

LLM serving optimization

Agentic AI systems

Hybrid AI deployment (cloud/edge/on‑设备

Sustainability metrics in systems

Education

PhD/MS in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Job description

Lenovo Intelligent Computing Lab in Morrisville, NC is seeking a technically credible researcher/leader to guide AI infrastructure initiatives and align them with Lenovo's Hybrid AI strategy.

You will work with a global team to translate research into Enterprise AI and Personal AI products, shaping architecture and performance while emphasizing energy efficiency. A PhD/MS and leadership experience are required.