System Lead engineer

Lenovo•Morrisville, NC

1h•Hybrid

About The Position

Lenovo is seeking a highly motivated System Lead Engineer to join its Product Delivery Team, supporting next-generation server and AI infrastructure solutions. Reporting directly to the hiring manager, this role serves as the technical lead responsible for driving server platforms from development through customer delivery. The engineer owns end-to-end system execution, including system design, development, integration, debugging, validation, manufacturing readiness, deployment, and customer support. The role works cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, operations, and customer teams to ensure products meet technical requirements, quality expectations, and delivery commitments. It requires a strong systems mindset, exceptional problem-solving skills, and the ability to lead complex server infrastructure programs throughout the product lifecycle. The role is hybrid in Morrisville, North Carolina, with three days in the office and two days remote each week.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
At least 8 years of experience in system engineering, server platforms, datacenter infrastructure, or related hardware environments.
Strong experience with system-level design, integration, debugging, validation, and problem resolution.
Proven experience owning server platform development through the complete product lifecycle.
Extensive experience with server hardware, enterprise systems, datacenter infrastructure, or platform engineering environments.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical activities across multiple engineering and operational organizations.
Experience coordinating hardware, firmware, software, validation, manufacturing, and customer-facing teams.
Strong customer-facing experience, including requirements gathering, technical discussions, issue resolution, and deployment support.
Experience supporting products from development through manufacturing, delivery, and customer implementation.
Experience working with manufacturing and operations teams to resolve production and deployment challenges.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Strong project ownership and organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced environments.

Nice To Haves

10 or more years of experience in system engineering, server platforms, datacenter infrastructure, or related hardware environments.
Experience with GPU-based server platforms and AI infrastructure solutions.
Experience with NVIDIA GPU technologies, GPU integration, validation, debugging, performance optimization, or deployment support.
Experience supporting AI server platforms, accelerated computing solutions, or high-performance computing environments.
Experience with AI clusters, rack-scale systems, multi-rack deployments, or large-scale datacenter solutions.
Experience designing, validating, deploying, or supporting cluster-level infrastructure solutions beyond individual server platforms.
Experience supporting customer deployments, field implementations, solution delivery, or post-deployment infrastructure support.
Familiarity with hyperscale datacenter environments, cloud infrastructure, AI workloads, or enterprise-scale server deployments.
Experience with system integration, platform qualification, and infrastructure deployment at scale.

Responsibilities

Lead system-level server platform development, integration, debugging, validation, and issue resolution.
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 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 server and AI infrastructure solutions.