Jobs at Rowden

Develop and test Android apps, plugins and core components of an Android-based OS (kernel modules, drivers, system libraries). Debug concurrency and stability issues, author tests (unit/integration/performance), use Git and Agile practices, and apply secure software development to deliver resilient mobile and edge solutions for national security customers.

Join a defence-focused engineering team to deploy, support and integrate mission-critical C4ISR, autonomous and communications systems. Roles include field service, capability integration, DevSecOps, cloud engineering (AWS) and product ownership. Work directly with end users to configure systems, run field training, gather requirements, feed back to engineering, and prioritise development for constrained, mission-critical environments.

Lead end-to-end bidding activities from opportunity qualification to contract signature, develop bid strategies and win themes, manage timelines and stakeholders, maintain reusable bid content, facilitate go/no-go decisions, analyse win/loss data for continuous improvement, and ensure high-quality submissions to UK government frameworks while championing process and knowledge management.

Lead and establish a hardware quality assurance function covering RF, electronics, networking and mechanical products. Define test methodologies, build and equip a test laboratory, develop test automation and processes, lead and grow a hardware QA team, and ensure products meet reliability and performance standards prior to shipment. Work closely with product, engineering and manufacturing teams to set quality gates across development stages.

Join a hybrid Bristol-based engineering team designing, integrating, and delivering robust systems for degraded or denied operational environments. Responsibilities include translating user needs and CONOPS into requirements, applying systems engineering lifecycles, leading integration and architecture tasks, assessing trade-offs and risks, ensuring safety/security compliance, and mentoring junior engineers. SC clearance eligibility required.

Lead and coordinate bid management, assess opportunity pipeline and routes to market, own CRM governance and data quality, improve systems and processes, and support capture, pre-sales and commercial inputs to win work while managing stakeholders and tight deadlines.

Lead design and integration of complex multidisciplinary systems (software, hardware, RF, networks) for defence and edge environments. Define architectures, interfaces and integration plans, de-risk delivery using modelling and testing, mentor engineers, and work with users and partners to ensure operational effectiveness across the systems engineering lifecycle.

Manage mission-critical engineering projects end-to-end: coordinate delivery, stakeholders, budgets, risks, compliance and documentation. Drive timely, on-budget outcomes, define KPIs, ensure quality, and foster cross-functional relationships while supporting change management and strategic discussions.

Join Rowden's Infrastructure/DevOps team to build and manage cloud and on-prem platforms, automate infrastructure with IaC, deploy versioned containers to orchestration services, support networks/security/databases, partner with developers on CI/CD and testing, and collect metrics for performance tuning and fault finding. SC clearance eligibility required.

Lead capture and engagement for large government and industry programmes: develop capture strategies for £5m+ opportunities, build consortiums and partner relationships, author bids with pre-sales and delivery teams, translate technical strengths into compelling propositions, and maintain customer engagement through delivery to secure follow-on work.

Build and maintain the internal developer platform: self-service infrastructure, CI/CD, API-first integrations, observability, IaC automation, security-by-design, and tooling to improve developer experience and support cross-functional teams.

Contribute to safety engineering across the system lifecycle: requirements, architecture, integration, verification and validation. Perform safety analyses (FMEA, HAZOP, BowTie), produce safety documentation and safety cases, support safety strategy, engage stakeholders, and improve safety practices. Senior hires lead strategy, manage work packages, mentor others, and represent safety at programme and customer reviews.

Senior hands-on infrastructure lead responsible for architecture, design, deployment and assurance of resilient, secure cloud-to-edge infrastructure. Lead technical decision-making, implement IaC, automation, monitoring, HCI and networking solutions, mentor engineers, and ensure operational resilience for defence and regulated environments.

Lead scaling of engineering operations by identifying friction, forecasting delivery constraints, and driving initiatives to improve tooling, workflows, cadence, and capability while coordinating the graduate scheme and working closely with engineering leaders.

Lead design and development of Android applications using Kotlin/Java, own key features (including ATAK plugins), ensure secure, maintainable, well-tested code, drive architectural decisions, mentor junior engineers, collaborate with Test/Infrastructure/Product teams, and keep up with evolving Android OS features.

Lead hardware-enabled product development from concept to production: own roadmap, prioritise features, manage schedules/cost/quality, navigate supply chain and manufacturing, build and mentor a small cross-functional team, and engage customers in a defence/mission-critical context.

Lead design and delivery of end-to-end ML systems from R&D to production, often on edge/embedded hardware. Own data pipelines, model training, deployment (CI/CD/MLflow), monitoring, and iteration. Provide technical leadership, mentor teammates, set engineering standards, and collaborate across software, systems and product teams. Implement MLOps/LLMOps, reproducible pipelines, model versioning, and safety/observability practices.

Develop and run RF test strategies, perform hands-on lab measurements, automate test setups (typically in Python), characterise RF system performance, support hardware bring-up, analyse results, produce test documentation, and collaborate across RF, hardware, software, and QA teams to ensure repeatable validation for product releases.

Design and deliver analogue and mixed-signal RF hardware from concept through PCB implementation and bring-up. Work across antenna interfaces, RF front-ends, ADC/DAC integration and SDR platform integration, validate RF performance with lab equipment, debug signal chains, and produce high-quality documentation while collaborating with FPGA, embedded software and ML teams.

Design, build, and operate an edge platform resilient to disconnection and constrained resources. Own OS-to-orchestration architecture, secure boot/identity, remote orchestration, observability with low bandwidth, zero-touch provisioning, IaC/GitOps automation, and guide engineering standards while working hands-on and collaborating with users and stakeholders.