General Information

Req #
WD00093158
Career area:
Hardware Engineering
Country/Region:
Japan
State:
Kanagawa
City:
Yokohama-shi
Date:
Friday, January 16, 2026
Working time:
Full-time
Additional Locations
* Japan - Kanagawa - Yokohama-shi

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$69 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 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

Employer: Lenovo Japan, LLC
Work location: Minato-mirai (Yokohama-shi); (*3 onsite and 2 remote days in a week could be applicable)
Smoking: Not allowed in the office, but smoking room is available in 21st floor of Minato-mirai Center Building
Employment condition: Permanent Staff (Probation period: 6 months)
Expected salary: Depending on the current salary and experience, we would make our decision. 
Discretionary labor system allowance: Applicable for Band 6 (50,000 JPY per a month)
Working hours: 9:00-17:45 (Rest time: 1 hour (12:00-13:00))
Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, national holidays, year-end holiday, established anniversary day, special holiday, and compensatory holiday
Social insurance and benefits: Comprised of Pension, Health, Unemployment and Worker's Accident Compensation, Defined-contribution pension, property accumulation savings, Lenovo employee group life insurance, etc.

■About Organization 
  • Report to :  Director, Memory & Power Technology
  • Subordinates :  None
  • Number of Peers : 9
■Roles and responsibilities
  • Technical project management of Memory for ThinkPad
  • Communication interface to suppliers and Lenovo internal cross functional teams for related projects’ technical issues of memory
  • Creates test plan / report for memory qualification
  • Directs/review supplier & outsourcing vendor for qualification testing (approve/dispute results, etc.)
  • Performs pre-qualification testing, design review, and critical qualification tests
  • Directs defect analysis and problem resolution. Manage suppliers & outsourcing vendors to resolve issues and review/approve fix plan
  • Support Product Development to enable emerging memory technologies with technical expertise
  • Report Qualification Status. Make an organized presentation for technical details.
■Key Interaction with:
  • Development teams in Lenovo/NECPC Japan, Lenovo China, Lenovo US
  • System Development team (EE, ME, BIOS, SW)
  • Product Assurance team (PAPM, HWPA, SWPA)
  • Product Engineering team
  • Strategic Technology Innovation Center
  • Subsystem Development team
  • Worldwide Lenovo operation team
  • Memory Operations Team (GCM, GSM, SQE, Service)
  • Offering Core Team (PBM, TPM, Marketing)
  • Quality Team (PQE, MQE, PE, SQE)
  • Product planning team
  • Supplier Partners 
  • Memory suppliers (Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron, CXMT, Kingston, Ramaxel)
  • CPU suppliers (Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, NV)
  • ODM partners (LCFC, Wistron, etc)
  • Outsourcing vendors
Requirements
Must Have – essential
  • 3 years minimum experience in memory development especially qualifications or project management.
  • Basic knowledge of memory, PC hardware, CPU, motherboard, Bios.
  • Good project management skills
  • Good oral and written English skills
  • Ensure timely response and accurate communication 
  • Proactive in deep analysis & improvement
  • Strong interest in creation & innovation
Good to have - desirable
  • Better to speak in Chinese and Japanese
  • Experience of memory design, testing, wafer manufacturing
  • Experience of memory and motherboard failure analysis
  • Experience of LLM, AIPC, memory signal testing, memory communication with XPU
  • Failure analysis skills
  • Organized English Presentation
  • Good negotiation skill
Typical Candidate
  • Memory development / qualification / testing engineer who ever worked in PC company, Device company for memory or ODM

Additional Locations
* Japan - Kanagawa - Yokohama-shi
* Japan
* Japan - Kanagawa
* Japan - Kanagawa - Yokohama-shi