Embedded Software Team Leader

at  Indra Renewable Technologies

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
• 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

You’ll lead the Embedded Software team developing Indra’s family of hardware 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 lead and mentor the team, taking projects through initiation, design, development, and into successful production. You’ll report directly to our Head of Charging Products ensuring excellence in our Embedded software delivery.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leading a team of embedded firmware engineers to develop and release high quality products
• Full line management responsibility including recruitment, training and mentoring of the team
• Ensuring the continual improvement and refinement of firmware development procedures and processes to provide the required levels of quality, accuracy and agility
• Maintaining overarching architectural responsibility for the developed firmware
• Working with internal and external stakeholders to agree complete and accurate specifications as a basis for internal and/or external firmware development
• Overseeing the embedded firmware deliverables across the project life cycle and managing efficient resource allocation across multiple parallel product developments
• Reviewing firmware work packages from the internal development team and external partners.
• Developing and revising statements of work with accurate cost and time estimates.
• Ensuring all new products are sufficiently documented by producing and maintaining detailed release notes.
• Working proactively with internal and external operations partners to ensure the smooth introduction of firmware into manufactured product and the effective resolution of arising issues
• Providing technical support for firmware-related field issues, including ensuring customer and quality concerns are proactively monitored and any required engineering changes are executed in a timely manner
• Researching and introducing new tools and technologies to develop the future product roadmap.

ROLE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

• Degree level qualification in a relevant subject matter
• Significant experience of leading teams of embedded firmware developers (team size circa 10 engineers/senior engineers)
• Fundamental understanding of the embedded development process from Low level “bare metal” firmware development through to Embedded Linux applications
• Experience using agile tools and methodologies in an embedded context (Jira, Scrum etc.)
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment alongside Electronic and Mechanical engineering teams focused on the development of advanced product for volume manufacture
• An open and positive outlook, with an interest to explore new technologies and ideas
• 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 produce accurate plans and documentation