Verification Team Lead

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 lead our product Verification and Testing team, developing Indra’s family of charging technology at an exciting time for the business. 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.

You’ll bring your expertise in testing techniques to lead and mentor the team, taking our products and associated cloud control platforms and Apps through testing and verification and into successful deployment. You’ll report directly to our CTO ensuring excellence across the testing of all Indra products. 

Responsibilities:

·         Be accountable for the management, planning, design and execution of all product and system test activities associated with the deployment of Indra’s EV chargers and cloud based technologies

·         Lead the preparation of all product test plans in line with our release schedules

·         Ensure your team design and deliver agreed test cases across products, systems, performance and load tests, verifying that the delivered functionality fully meets the defined requirements

·         Lead your team in ensuring accurate, high quality test reporting, documentation and certification records, particularly those that form regulatory evidence

·         Ensure we’re accurately and comprehensively recording defects discovered during execution and communicate them effectively to stakeholders

·         Lead the planning and creation of test automation tooling to increase the efficiency of testing

·         Leadership of test and verification planning, including people and resources, equipment and facilities (including external test partners)

·         Lead your team in ownership of internal testing equipment, including scheduling maintenance and calibration as needed

KEY COMPETENCIES

ROLE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

·         Degree level qualification or comparable gained experience, in a relevant subject matter

·         Significant experience within test/verification roles, gained within businesses where product innovation and new product development are key

·         Experience of testing both physical products (Electronics/Firmware) and large-scale software based products

·         Experience of leading, mentoring and developing team members

·         A can-do attitude and determination to “get it done”

·         The ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the business, particularly in relation to the presentation of technical content

·         Focus on detail, with the ability to ensure accurate plans and documentation

·         Desirable: experience using agile tools and methodologies (Jira, Scrum etc.) and/or JAMA requirement management tools