General Information Req # WD00081159 Career area: Hardware Engineering Country/Region: United States of America State: North Carolina City: Morrisville Date: Friday, April 11, 2025 Working time: Full-time Additional Locations:  * 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$57 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #248 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

As the OEM Lab Manager, you will engage with OEM customers, partners, sales, and Lenovo product teams to evaluate, understand, and drive technical requirements for complex OEM solution offerings. Your role will involve leveraging Lenovo’s existing product portfolio and customizing new offerings for unique OEM solutions. You will develop technical relationships with key alliance partners, suppliers, and integrators to ensure Lenovo meets market needs. Additionally, you will identify gaps in our portfolio, provide input to product development teams, and engage in specific testing and certifications for the OEM business. Building strong relationships with manufacturing teams will be crucial to ensure timely project progression through various manufacturing processes. You will act as Lenovo's technical arbiter with customers, external partners, and internal teams.

Responsibilities:

Lead and empower a lab engineering team to conduct customer-driven Proof of Concepts, customer test scenarios, and provide pre-sales customer support.Collaborate with manufacturing teams to create processes supporting customization efforts for OEM customers.Work with process control systems (e.g., Windchill, Factsheets, PCRs, Jira).Manage process execution and release methodologies within the manufacturing environment.Collaborate with local test engineers (TE), quality engineers (QE), manufacturing engineers (ME), ITC, and special bids teams.Define test automation processes and solutions for the lab engineering team.Define process flow for team duties and assign tasks.Customize and support of various Linux distributions.Architect new ideas for revenue generation through innovative engineering services & solutions.Leverage technologies including Windows OS, Windows IoT, Linux distros, shell scripting, Java, Python, device drivers, BIOS customizations, and Linux kernel.Summarizing and conveying ideas and issues to upper management.Collaborate effectively on a WW team with members located in different parts of the world – across various time zones.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. 5+ years of experience in the PC or related industry.Past experience managing a technical lab team Experience working with third-party suppliers.Ability to work in person at the OEM Engineering Lab in Morrisville, NC.

Preferred Qualifications:

Proven capacity to navigate and resolve undefined issues.Ability to create repeatable, efficient processes across teams.Vision and drive to grow and empower the team.Understanding of custom services and manufacturing processes.Strong collaboration and negotiation skills.Excellent communication and reporting skills.Experience with various retail solutions and technologies.
This position will be working onsite in our OEM Lab that is based at our North America Headquarters in Raleigh, NC.  Candidates that are already local to Raleigh, NC are preferred. 
Lenovo’s great benefits can be found at www.lenovobenefits.com.
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