Systems Test 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’ll join our Verification team responsible for product testing Indra’s family of hardware and software EV charging technology. It’s an exciting time at Indra, we’re already winners of the Chargepoint Manufacturer of the Year Award 2023 and we have great plans to expand our range of products! We’re particularly excited to be continuing the development of V2H and V2G technologies which we believe are the future of EV charging technology.

As a System Test Engineer you’ll develop and execute product and system-level test activities critical to deliver the next generation of Indra products and services. The role will involve understanding system level requirements, test methods and the operation of our products in order to ensure they are tested and verified. We’re looking for a talented person with the skills to introduce automation to our testing methods. The successful candidate will need to:

·         Develop and conduct, product and system level testing of our EV chargers and our Software Apps

·         Have some understanding of the technical areas across Electronics, Embedded Software, and Electrical in order to be able to collaborate with our engineering teams

·         In conjunction with the Verification Team Leader, transform and automate our regression testing methods to reduce testing time

·         Develop and maintain software test, configuration and diagnosis tools

·         Run functional and regression tests that prove the functionality of our Smart Charger product test suite (hardware, App and cloud software)

·         Manage and maintain the suite of tests that make up the full regression test set

·         Work with software developers to plan and implement tests to address new products and functionality

·         Work with software developers to investigate issues arising from System testing

·         Assist customer support in the investigation of escalated field/customer issues

·         Assist with development and maintenance of EOL testing tools within Indra

·         Train production in the use of EOL test tools and maintain documentation.

KEY COMPETENCIES

ROLE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

Qualifications

·           Degree-qualified or equivalent experience in Engineering, with 4+ years experience with cross discipline projects.

Essential Skills

·           Experience in or working closely with the following technical areas:

• • Product design
    • Electrical design
    • Product regulatory compliance standards
    • Embedded and Cloud Software development

·           Process skills related to coordinating and documenting technical documents.

·           Demonstrable understanding of high technology product development

·           Able to create standalone Python scripts and full multi-function applications

·           Can create easy-to-understand Software Design Documentation and User Documentation

·           Knowledge of unit test platforms

·           Knowledge and experience of regression testing platforms

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

·           Knowledge of operating within an ISO 9001 quality system.

Desirable Skills

·           Understanding of EV charging systems and related standards.

·           Experience of test automation or automation of manual tasks using software