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Lenovo · 3 hours ago

Model Optimization Engineer

positionChicago, IL
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$110K/yr - $150K/yr
date3+ years exp

Lenovo is a global technology powerhouse focused on delivering Smarter Technology for All. They are hiring a Model Optimization Engineer to optimize and deploy large models for edge devices, utilizing various technologies and frameworks to enhance AI performance.

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Responsibilities

Optimization and deployment of large models (LLMs, VLMs, diffusion) for edge devices using quantization (INT4/INT8), pruning, knowledge distillation, and LoRA
Partner with silicon teams to optimize model execution on heterogeneous hardware: NPUs (Qualcomm Hexagon, Google Edge TPU), GPUs, and CPUs
Implement and benchmark deployment frameworks: TensorRT-LLM, ONNX Runtime, ExecuTorch, llama.cpp, MLC-LLM
Drive hardware-software co-design, influencing sensor and silicon roadmaps to enable efficient AI inference
Build ML ops infrastructure: model serving, A/B testing, performance monitoring, continuous optimization
Stay at the forefront of on-device AI: sub-10B parameter models, mixed precision, sparse attention, federated learning

Qualification

Model optimizationQuantization frameworksMobile/edge AI frameworksC++/PythonPerformance optimizationHardware architecturesML ops infrastructureBenchmarking frameworksSoft skills

Required

3+ years in ML engineering or systems, with 3+ years focused on model optimization and deployment
Bachelor's degree in an Engineering or Computer Science
Experience in model compression: quantization (QAT, PTQ), pruning, distillation, low-rank adaptation
Hands-on experience with mobile/edge AI frameworks (TensorRT, ONNX, TFLite, CoreML)
Experience in C++/Python and performance optimization (CUDA, OpenCL, or NPU programming)
Experience in shipping ML models to production on resource-constrained devices

Preferred

Understanding of hardware architectures: NPU/GPU/CPU characteristics, SIMD operations, memory hierarchies

Company

Lenovo

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Lenovo Group is a computer technology company that manufactures personal computers, smartphones, televisions, and wearable devices.
dateFounded in 1984
location
Beijing, Beijing, CHN
people-size10001+ employees
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https://www.lenovo.com/in/en/

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$3.35B
Key Investors
Alat
2025-01-08Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2024-04-01Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2017-10-03Post Ipo Equity· $500M

Leadership Team

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Yang Yuanqing
Chairman & CEO
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Greg Huff
CTO, CSO, and SVP of Development, Quality, and Customer Care, Infrastructure Solutions Group
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