Junior Firmware Engineer

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
• 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Embedded Software Engineering/ Software engineering/ Electronics engineering

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Embedded C++ software design
• Version control e.g., Git
• Problem solving

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Embedded Linux
• Embedded communication protocols e.g., I2C, SPI, UART, CAN
• Familiarity with ST range of Cortex microprocessors
• Basic understanding of electronics in relation to running embedded code
• Understanding of EV charging systems and related standards

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

We’re looking for a graduate to join our Embedded software team, you will be working on Firmware for Indra’s family of electric vehicle supply equipment. You’ll be part of an exceptional team and learning from some great engineers, developing products that support sustainable energy ecosystems. We’re particularly excited to be continuing the development of V2H and V2G technologies which we believe are the future of EV charging technology.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain our embedded C/C++ code base
• Investigate issues in developed code and implement fixes
• Contribute towards new code development for new EV charging products
• Hands-on work on various smart charging technologies to gain product knowledge
• Follow our Agile Firmware development processes