Lenovo

About Our Team 

We are hiring a  Hardware 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 
• Work closely 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 
• Lead 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

Minimum Qualifications:

• Undergraduate BSEE or BSCE degree required 
• 5+ years or more work experience in server and hardware development/validation with thorough understanding of computer hardware/firmware/software architecture

• Proficiency scripting in powershell, python, perl, bash, batch, etc.
• Can use oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, host bus adapters, meters, and other test equipment to debug HW/SW/FW issues
• Must be able to communicate/present technical status of projects to customers/executives
• Provide technical guidance to complete RFP/RFQ with sales teams/TPMs/customers
• Perform subsystem/node/rack/lab level power analyses
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead teams
• Must be able to schedule/effectively run the following types of technical meetings related to projects you are leading
  • Bug review/drive debug across development teams
  • Rack level architecture/cable mapping/BOM development
  • Script automation meetings
  • Technical meetings with the customer
  • Log review meetings with validation/development teams
  • Test plan reviews with validation/development/customer teams
• Cross discipline understanding of engineering that covers Thermal, Mechanical, Power, Power Management, and TCO of the Datacenter 

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Master’s degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering is a plus. 
• Hyperscale/Cloud experience 
• Experience in direct customer engagements 
• 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
• Excellent communication skills, including verbal, written, and presentation 
• Ability to interface with Lenovo and customer executives 
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally
• Ability to work effectively cross-culturally across teams in the USA, Asia and Mexico