Senior Electronics Design Engineer

Indra Renewable Technologies Limited; Malvern; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; 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 and Health forums

Employee referral rewards

Discretionary bonus

Benefits Platform

Job summary

Indra Renewable Technologies Limited in Malvern, UK, seeks an experienced electronics engineer to join the Hardware team responsible for designing and developing Indra's family of EV charging equipment.

The successful candidate will handle PCBA design for new variants and contribute to new product development across the full lifecycle, with potential progression to leadership roles for strong performers.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in Electronics Engineering or equivalent, with related experience preferably within electric vehicle charging or consumer product development.
• 10+ years of demonstrable experience within electronic sub-assembly development for volume production.
• Schematic capture and PCB design using KiCAD or Altium.
• Design for Manufacture; DFMEAs and reliability analysis.
• Investigation and resolution of EMC non-compliances.

Responsibilities

• Electronics development from requirements to production readiness and cost optimization.
• Authoring and running development test plans and test reports.
• Designing for international regulatory compliance (UKCA, CE, UL) and EMC.
• Documentation of design processes and changes.
• Support with component selection, pricing and lead time data.
• Review of schematics, layouts, and documents.
• Triage and root cause analysis of production test failures.
• Rework and repair of electronic assemblies/PCBA.
• Reliability testing and lifecycle assessment.

Skills

Electronic design

KiCAD

Altium

DFMEA

EMC troubleshooting

Git versioning

Technical documentation

Team collaboration

ISO 9001

EV charging knowledge

Education

Degree in Electronics Engineering

Tools

KiCAD

Altium

Github

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 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
• 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.

About the Role:

You’ll join our Hardware team responsible for designing and developing Indra's family of electric vehicle supply equipment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for PCBA design of new variants of existing products, along with new product development.

This is a varied role with diverse technical challenges so would suit a strong electronic engineer with a broad skillset, who enjoys working across the full product lifecycle.

For strong candidates, there is the potential to progress into an Acting Electronics Lead role, offering an increased responsibility opportunity within the team.

Responsibilities:

• Electronics development from requirements definition, design, development, prototype, verification, production readiness, reliability and cost optimization
• Authoring and running of development test plans and test reports
• Designing for international regulatory compliance (UKCA, CE, UL etc), EMC, manufacturability, reliability and production test
• Accurate documentation as part of the design and development process
• Support with component selection, pricing and lead time data for design and manufacturing operations
• Review of schematics, layouts, and documents generated by other team members
• Triage, investigation, and root cause analysis of production test failures
• Rework, modification & repair of electronic assemblies/ PCBA
• Undertaking reliability and accelerated life testing
• Performing other reasonable tasks in line with business requirements

Qualifications:

• Degree-qualified in Electronics Engineering or equivalent, with related experience preferably within electric vehicle charging or consumer product development

Essential Skills:

• 10+ years of demonstrable experience within electronic sub-assembly development for volume production
• Schematic capture and PCB design using modern tools KiCAD (preferred) or Altium etc.
• Design for Manufacture, DFMEAs/Reliability analysis
• Investigation and resolution of EMC non-compliances
• Version control of design files using Github
• Good attention to detail for producing technical documentation
• Demonstrable understanding of high technology product development
• 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:

• IPC Certified - Rework, modification & repair of electronic assemblies
• Understanding of EV charging systems and related standards (IEC 61851 etc)
• Use of Project tools including JIRA and Confluence