Lead Electronics Engineer

Designed, engineered, and manufactured in the UK, Indra offers the best smart charging products on the market using pioneering, patented technology.  With industry leading reliability, Indra’s high-quality, high-performance EV smart chargers are easy to install and operate; and are already in use in thousands of home and commercial locations worldwide.  Its products are not only smart for customers, but also deliver maximum results for the grid and minimum impact on the environment.  

Indra was founded in 2013 on a mission to create the smartest way to power EVs (electric vehicles).  With its design, R&D, engineering, and manufacturing operations based in Malvern, this British company has fast become a leading EV and smart energy technology business. It is creating tomorrow’s sustainable energy ecosystem today through the use of pioneering technology that integrates the car, the home and the grid.

Indra has designed a range of innovative EV chargers that offer more convenient, reliable, cheaper and sustainable EV charging capability. The company has also developed the first viable bi-directional V2G (vehicle to grid) charger which allows power to flow both ways, enabling users to control the flow of energy to where it’s most needed. This revolutionary technology means customers are able to access energy when needed and at its cheapest and most sustainable, and it also assists the grid in balancing energy load and demand. 

By working with carefully selected professional installer networks, Indra’s high-quality, high-performance products are easy to install and operate; and are already in use in thousands of home and commercial locations worldwide.

At Indra, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of who we are. Our commitment to these values is across the company and they are key to our mission and to our impact. We know that having varied perspectives helps generate innovative ideas to make a difference in a changing world.

Benefits available to Indra’s employees include:

• 5% matched Pension
• 25 days annual holiday allowance in addition to bank holidays
• 1 day annual volunteering leave
• Team Building event
• Social events
• Employee referral reward scheme
• Long service reward scheme
• Performance based Bonus
• Health Insurance
• Premium Life Assurance
• Benefits Platform (includes cycle2work scheme, retail discounts, eye test voucher, employee assistance programme, health cash plan etc)*
• Monthly wellbeing allowance*
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Octopus Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle scheme*

*Available to employees who have completed their successful probation period.

The company reserves the right to change these benefits at any time.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

You will take the lead in defining the Electronic Architecture for Indra’s family of EV Charging Products. Working closely with a multidisciplined team of Electronic Engineers, Mechanical Engineers and Firmware engineers you will be responsible for all electronic and electrical aspects of the New Product Development (NPD) process taking projects through initiation, design and development, and into successful production. You will lead and mentor junior engineers, whilst engaging with outsourced suppliers to increase development capacity. You will support the Head of Charging Products in defining Charger Product Roadmaps to deliver a portfolio of parallel product developments. 

Responsibilities:

·         Technical lead for our Electronic and Electrical Engineering function across the EV charging product portfolio

·         Undertake the development of electronic PCBs and sub-assemblies across the full lifecycle from requirements definition, design, development, prototype, verification and production readiness through to reliability and cost optimization

·         Ensure developed products comply with relevant EV Charging standards, environmental/EMC standards and specific business/customer requirements

·         Manage the delivery of assigned designs to timescale, budget and target BOM cost

·         Continual review and refinement of the electronic design process to ensure best in class delivery

·         Monitor industry best practice and advances in Electronics to ensure Indra take advantage of technical advances

·         Lead and participate in design reviews and ensure that production of clear and accurate documentation is provided

·         Provide technical guidance to ensure a focus on DFx  - Design For Test, Design For Manufacture, Design for Cost etc.

·         Technically assess outsource and partner organizations’ capability and development work and partner with them as appropriate.

·         Provide electrical and electronic hardware technical expertise to both the development and production teams

·         Provide high level technical assistance to analyse and solve issues arising in production or with products deployed in the field

KEY COMPETENCIES

ROLE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

Qualifications

·         Degree in Electronic Engineering, or equivalent

 Essential Criteria

·         Minimum 5 years’ experience in designing Electronic PCB and products for volume manufacture:

·         Full understanding and experience of analogue and digital design practices

·         Experience of using Electronic design tools such as Altium or KiCAD

·         Experience of version control of design files using Github

·         Experience of mentoring and/or leading engineers involved in electronic design

·         Good interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment

·         Knowledge of electric vehicle charging standards (CHAdeMO, CCS/IEC 68115, J1772, IEC 61851,)

Desirable Skills

·         Chartered Engineer

·         Experience leading technical projects or technical teams

·         Experience of working closely with embedded firmware teams