[Remote] Director, AI OS - REMOTE

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lenovo is a global technology powerhouse focused on delivering smarter technology for all. The Director, AI OS will lead the team responsible for the system software and runtime layer that AI features run on across devices, ensuring efficient and safe integration of AI capabilities into Lenovo's operating systems. Responsibilities • Own the AI OS Architecture and Runtime • Define and own the architecture of the AI OS layer on Lenovo devices, including runtime services, process/lifecycle management for AI workloads, and integration with existing OS subsystems • Design and evolve the AI OS runtime so that AI features can run efficiently, safely, and predictably on-device, across multiple device classes • Provide abstractions for 'computer use' – how AI systems can safely interact with windows, applications, files, and other system resources • Work with Core Intelligence to ensure the OS runtime can host and expose latent-space representations, and integrate with planning and predictive engines that sit above it • Own the device API surface for AI: sensors, audio, display, input, power, storage, network, and NPU/GPU/CPU acceleration • Ensure that high-fidelity signals and state from the OS (usage context, app state, input/output streams) can be routed into Core Intelligence and the latent space in a controlled way • Work closely with hardware, firmware, and OS teams to ensure AI workloads can take full advantage of device capabilities without compromising stability or security • Bring deep system experience (kernel / drivers / system services / frameworks) to decisions about where AI logic lives – on-device vs cloud, OS layer vs app layer • Make tradeoffs between performance, power, privacy, and maintainability, and ensure those tradeoffs are visible and understood by other leaders • Work closely with SRE Delivery Engineering on how AI OS is instrumented, observed, and upgraded over time (especially as latent-space and agent workloads evolve) • Build and lead a team of engineers focused on AI OS runtime, computer use, device APIs, and full-stack OS integration • Mentor engineers in system design, reliability, and quality best practices for OS-level software • Collaborate closely with leaders of Platform Services, Core Intelligence, Experience Engineering, Cloud Platform, and SRE Delivery • Work with security and governance teams to ensure the AI OS layer meets or exceeds security requirements and integrates with identity and policy frameworks • Partner with OEM and platform teams (e.g., Windows, Android, silicon vendors) to align AI OS capabilities with underlying OS and hardware roadmaps • Provide technical input into roadmap decisions that depend on device/OS capabilities and the evolution toward QT OS and autonomous agents Skills • 12+ years of experience building operating systems or core system software, such as: OS kernels or kernel subsystems, device drivers or hardware abstraction layers, system services, runtime frameworks, or shell/desktop environments • 5+ years in an engineering leadership role (Director or equivalent) leading teams working on OS or low-level system software • Experience in at least one major OS stack (Windows, Linux, Android, or similar) at a deep level • Experience designing new runtime or platform abstractions, not just maintaining existing systems • Experience with AI workloads (e.g., on-device inference, vector-based models, latency-sensitive pipelines) and how they interact with system resources is a strong plus • Demonstrated ability to collaborate across hardware, OS, platform, and application teams • Excellent communication and leadership skills; able to make and explain tradeoffs that balance user experience, system stability, and engineering complexity Company Overview • Lenovo Group is a computer technology company that manufactures personal computers, smartphones, televisions, and wearable devices. It was founded in 1984, and is headquartered in Beijing, Beijing, CHN, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship • Lenovo has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 76 in 2025, 52 in 2024, 75 in 2023, 82 in 2022, 58 in 2021, 67 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job