Electronics Test Technician

Indra-Renewable-Technologies; Malvern; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% matched Pension

25 days annual holiday

1 day volunteering leave

Quarterly Team Building events

Social events

Wellbeing & Health forums

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Indra, based in Malvern, UK, is seeking an Electronics Test Technician to support the development and delivery of next-generation EV charging products. You will work with Electronics, Embedded Software, and Mechanical Engineers to build, modify, test, and validate electronic assemblies and complete charger units throughout the product development lifecycle.

This role involves ensuring prototypes and production units are built to high standards, performing fault finding, maintaining build/test

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in electronics lab, manufacturing, or product development.
• Experience building, modifying, and testing PCBs and complete products.
• Ability to read schematics, PCB layouts, Gerber files, and assembly drawings.
• Experience recording test results and maintaining build/test records.
• Experience following documented build, inspection, and test procedures.

Responsibilities

• Build, modify and test PCBs, prototype assemblies, and charger units.
• Carry out PCB modifications, wire modifications, component replacement, and prototype rework activities.
• Maintain accurate build, test and configuration records.
• Support prototype, pilot and production build activities.
• Support fault finding and root cause investigations on development, production and field-return units.
• Develop and maintain test rigs, fixtures and test equipment.
• Support engineering teams with product verification and validation activities.
• Execute functional, environmental, verification and validation test procedures.
• Record, analyse and report test results clearly and concisely.
• Ensure all work complies with engineering processes, quality standards and safety requirements.

Skills

Soldering

PCB testing

Fault finding

Documentation

Test procedures

Education

HNC/HND in Electronics Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Oscilloscope

Job description

About Indra:

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 can access energy when required and at its cheapest and most sustainable, while also assisting 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 ourmissionand 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
• Quarterly Team Building events
• Social events
• Wellbeing, Health & Safety and Green Forums
• Employee referral reward scheme
• Long service reward scheme
• Discretionary bonus
• 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
• Company Car 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:

As an Electronics Test Technician, you will join our engineering team supporting the development and delivery of Indra's next-generation EV charging products. Working closely with Electronics, Embedded Software, and Mechanical Engineers, you will be responsible for building, modifying, testing, and validating electronic assemblies and complete charger units throughout the product development lifecycle.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge EV charging technologies, supporting the NGAC programme and future product developments. You will play a key role in ensuring prototypes and production units are built, tested, and validated to the highest standards, helping to deliver reliable and compliant products to market.

• Build, modify and test PCBs, prototype assemblies, and complete charger units.
• Carry out PCB rework, component replacement, wiring modifications and prototype build activities.
• Maintain accurate build, test and configuration records.
• Support prototype, pilot and production build activities.
• Support fault finding and root cause investigations on development, production and field-return units.
• Develop and maintain test rigs, fixtures and test equipment.
• Support engineering teams with product verification and validation activities.
• Execute functional, environmental, verification and validation test procedures.
• Record, analyse and report test results in a clear and structured manner.
• Ensure all work is completed in accordance with engineering processes, quality standards and safety requirements.

Skills Overview:

Qualifications

• HNC/HND, NVQ, apprenticeship, or equivalent qualification in Electronics Engineering or a related discipline.
• 5+ years' experience working in an electronics laboratory, manufacturing environment, or product development environment.

Essential Skills

• Experience building, modifying, and testing electronic assemblies, PCBs, and complete products.
• Competent in soldering and rework of through-hole and surface-mount components, including fine-pitch devices.
• Experience carrying out PCB modifications, wire modifications, component replacement, and prototype rework activities.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, PCB layouts, Gerber files, assembly drawings, and engineering documentation.
• Experience using laboratory equipment including oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, electronic loads, and signal generators.
• Strong fault-finding and debugging skills at PCB and system level.
• Experience following and executing documented build, inspection, and test procedures.
• Ability to inspect PCB assemblies and identify workmanship defects, assembly issues, and component placement errors.
• Experience recording test results and maintaining accurate build and test records.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.

Core Qualities

• Hands-on and practical approach to problem solving.
• Strong attention to detail and quality.
• Methodical and process-driven.
• Proactive and willing to support a wide range of engineering activities
• Able to work independently with a high degree of autonomy when required.
• Good communication and organisational skills.

Desirable Skills

• IPC soldering certification or equivalent electronics assembly experience.
• Experience with prototype and low-volume production builds.
• Experience supporting environmental, reliability, EMC, and compliance testing.
• Familiarity with Altium Designer outputs, including schematics, PCB layouts, manufacturing files, and assembly documentation.
• Experience creating and maintaining test procedures, test reports, and work instructions.
• Knowledge of engineering change control and configuration management processes.