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title: 'Maintenance & Reliability Engineer at Qwello'
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# Maintenance & Reliability Engineer at Qwello

- **Company:** Qwello
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-07-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/qwello.eu/55be9ec7-a456-44e6-a842-100a8c1bfdb1

## Job description

Our mission at Qwello is to revolutionise the charging industry, we are committed to turning the world from combustion to electric. We design, build, and operate charging infrastructure for the public space. We excel in simplicity, user focus, and engineering excellence. We value diversity of thought, background, and approaches and foster a culture of belonging. We understand that the best products are built by excellent teams rather than individual superstars. Be part of shaping the E-mobility of the future!

As the Maintenance & Reliability Engineer at Qwello UK, you will be a key player in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our EV charging infrastructure in the UK, you will bridge the gap between Technology and Operations. You'll take the lead in coordinating maintenance activities, optimising workflows, and driving continuous improvements. Acting as the central point of contact, you will foster collaboration between internal teams, external partners, and management to ensure seamless, high-performing service operations. If you're passionate about cutting-edge technology, operational excellence, and making sustainable mobility more reliable, we’d love to have you on board!

Let's power the future together! ⚡

## Your Responsibilities 🚀

- Develop, implement and oversee the operation and maintenance strategies for our Qwello UK charging infrastructure
- Use your analytical mindset to identify priorities and areas of improvement
- Collect and analyse data to generate actionable insights and comprehensive reports
- Manage the interactions with the internal technical service team
- Collaborate in the implementation of service and construction measures to improve operational efficiency
- Coordinate with external companies to ensure high quality and timely execution of tasks
- Proactively share your expertise and insights to elevate the team’s knowledge and performance
- Facilitate seamless collaboration between the technical service team, parent company and management
- Create and implement maintenance processes
- Provide support to project managers

## Your Profile ✨

- Degree in electrical engineering, software engineering, or a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role
- Initial EV experience is desirable, but not essential
- Ability to conduct root cause analysis for all maintenance-related issues
- Excellent communication abilities and a proactive approach to problem-solving
- Analytical mindset with the ability to effectively communicate insights in writing
- Ability to self-organise and lead in an environment of changing priorities; willingness to work on multiple tasks/content switching
- Willingness to travel throughout UK
- Fluency in written and spoken English, additional language knowledge is a plus
- Qualified electrician with Level 3 electrical installation qualification and 18th Edition BS 7671 is a plus
- Linux knowledge would be a plus

## Your Benefits 🪴

- The opportunity to play a key role in shaping the mobility revolution
- Be part of an international and dynamic team of more than 30 nationalities
- Enjoy a remote-friendly environment with the possibility to work from your home a few days a week and you have the possibility of workation within the EU, plus 28 vacation days
- Regular company and team events outside of the office to disconnect from our computers and reconnect with colleagues on hikes, mountain e-bike tours, offsites and more
- Personal and professional development through in-house lunch & learn sessions, as well as externally provided training, courses and conferences

Equal Opportunities: We strive to eliminate discrimination,  remove barriers and ensure equal opportunity through a transparent recruitment process. We are fully committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful work environment where everyone can succeed.  At Qwello everyone is welcomed regardless of cultural background, creed, race, sexual orientation, colour or  gender expression.

## About Qwello

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Qwello designs, builds, owns, and operates public electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure for cities and local authorities across Europe.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held; funding includes Private Equity, Debt Financing, and Seed rounds)
- **Headquarters**: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed on primary sources reviewed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: EV charging infrastructure / Renewable Energy Equipment Manufacturing; Charge Point Operator (CPO)
- **Target customers**: B2G (municipalities and local authorities), B2B (organisations, landowners, public bodies); end users are EV drivers in public spaces.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To simplify urban e-mobility and "change mobility for the better" by building the urban mobility of tomorrow through accessible, equitable, and reliable public charging infrastructure.

## Products & Services
- **Public EV Charging Stations (Hardware)**: Qwello's own "super smart" charging stations, designed, developed, and manufactured in Europe. Modular, user-friendly design with socket and tethered managed cables, contactless debit/credit card payment, and up to 22 kW fast charging.
- **Turnkey Charging Infrastructure Service (Full-service CPO)**: Fully funded, cost-neutral end-to-end solution covering site planning, location analysis, installation via certified local contractors, operation, maintenance, and 24/7/365 in-house support. Uses renewable energy supply from local energy companies.
- **Location Analysis & Planning Tool**: Data-driven tool used to identify optimal charging locations for cities, including regional requirements analysis and advice on permissions processes.
- **Proprietary Software & Billing Platform**: Advanced billing solution with contactless debit/credit card access and flexible tariff models optimised for communal spaces.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — $129.8M across prior funding rounds; Annual Revenue — $6.3M
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Tiger Infrastructure Partners (Private Equity Round, Nov 2021, $57.9M); ABN AMRO Bank and Investec (Debt Financing, Sep 2024, $71.9M)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Operates 15,000+ charge points via public concessions across 8 countries (Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, France, Spain, Poland, United States)
  - Headcount grew 24.8% YoY (to 96 employees)
  - LinkedIn followers grew 34.6% yearly; team spans 30+ nationalities
  - Active expansion in the UK, referencing ORCS and LEVI public funding schemes alongside its own private equity-based model
  - Seed round raised in September 2025, indicating continued investor confidence

## Competitive Advantages
- **Fully funded model**: Qwello covers all costs — planning, hardware, installation, operation, and maintenance — via private investment capital, making public charging infrastructure cost-neutral and subsidy-independent for cities.
- **Vertical integration**: In-house European design and manufacturing of hardware, proprietary software/billing, and direct operation as CPO; single point-of-contact project management.
- **Proven public-space expertise**: Tried-and-tested infrastructure across European public spaces, with robust compliance with regulations for public spaces, including AFIR compliance.
- **Driver-centric design**: Focus on simplicity and user experience — contactless payments, no subscription required, safer socket/tethered cable configurations.
- **High availability**: 24/7/365 in-house support engineers, remote monitoring, and modular component replacement to ensure operational uptime.

## Strategic Focus
- **Pan-European expansion**: Continuing rollout across Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, France, Spain, and Poland, with a clear commitment to the European market and highest ESG standards.
- **Partnering with cities**: Growing via public concessions and municipal partnerships; scaling through fully funded turnkey programmes for local authorities.
- **Infrastructure innovation**: Advancing its own hardware and software stack (next-generation Qwello chargers) and data-driven site-selection capabilities.
- **Decarbonisation support**: Strengthening alignment with local environmental goals and supporting the transition to sustainable urban mobility.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-friendly environment**: Flexible options to work fully from home, from one of the offices (Munich HQ, Frankfurt office), or via "workation" within the EU; 30 vacation days per year.
- **International, inclusive culture**: Diverse team from 30+ countries; emphasis on diversity of thought, background, and approach, with a "culture of belonging."
- **Engineering excellence**: Product-obsessed environment that values simplicity and user focus; hiring process is collaborative — technical interviews, home assignments, and team integration exercises where candidates "live" a real working day.
- **Professional development**: In-house lunch & learn sessions, collaborative discussions, externally provided training, courses, and conferences.
- **Team events**: Regular company and team off-sites including hikes, mountain e-bike tours, and other outdoor activities.
- **Fast-growing, purpose-driven**: Opportunity to contribute to decarbonisation and e-mobility in a scale-up with serious funding and cross-country expansion.

## Sources
1. [qwello.eu](https://qwello.eu/en/)
2. [qwello.eu — Careers](https://qwello.eu/en/careers)
3. [linkedin.com — Qwello company page](https://linkedin.com/company/qwello)
4. [jobs.lever.co — Qwello](https://jobs.lever.co/qwello.eu)
5. [dealroom.co — Qwello](https://dealroom.co/companies/qwello/)

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