Graduate Engineer

Rowden
Bristol
2 months ago
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Application Deadline:21 March 2025

Department:Engineering

Location:Bristol, UK

Compensation:£30,000 / year

Description

We're building the next UK-headquartered engineering powerhouse. At Rowden, we design and integrate advanced systems that sense, connect, and protect data in challenging environments where quick decisions are vital. Our solutions use intelligent automation to enhance speed and efficiency and are built to be reliable and straightforward for critical operations in remote or high-pressure settings.

Headquartered in Bristol (UK), we combine modern engineering methods with cutting-edge commercial technology to create adaptable, mission-critical systems. We focus on solving the tough challenges that others overlook, ensuring our customers can operate effectively in an ever-changing world.

We're looking for ambitious, problem-solvers ready to make an impact in a fast-growing engineering business. If you're excited by new technologies, fast decision-making, and taking on real responsibility early in your career, this is the opportunity for you.

From day one, you'll work on real projects that drive the business forward, solving complex challenges alongside experienced engineers. Our graduate scheme is designed to accelerate your growth, equipping you with the technical skills, business acumen and leadership experience needed to thrive.

As part of our rotational engineering graduate scheme, you will be exposed to the following technical specialisms (depending on your background), before you focus in on one area:

Technical Specialisms

Software Development:From bespoke mobile applications to geospatial tools, we are building software solutions for a variety of first response and national security customers.

Machine Learning:With a focus on providing intelligence at the edge using computer vision and signals intelligence algorithms and developing autonomous systems, our machine learning team works on challenging real-world problems.

Systems Engineering:Our systems engineers are focused on designing complex systems that end users want to use. They focus on the bigger picture and bridge the gaps between technical disciplines to ensure successful delivery of capability.

Radio Frequency:Many commercial and military systems depend on the radio frequency spectrum to transport data. Our focus is on designing and working with systems that can monitor this spectrum, understanding how it is being used to increase situational awareness for our customers.

Compute Infrastructure & DevOps:Compute infrastructure and DevOps at Rowden is varied – you might work on building or enhancing current capabilities in both AWS and Azure, working with a geospatial service to provide real-time situational awareness across the globe or working on niche, bespoke environments that demand the highest level of security.

Key Areas of Responsibility

As a Graduate Engineer at Rowden, you will be responsible for:

  • Supporting project planning and defining task scope.
  • Conducting technical investigations and supporting design activities.
  • Hands-on implementation and testing.
  • Continuously improving your technical knowledge and skills.
  • Working with the wider engineering team to identify potential solutions to technical problems.
  • Participating in Agile ceremonies and contributing to Sprint goals.
  • Report writing and presentations.

Key Skills and Behaviours

The ideal candidate for this role will be inquisitive and driven. You will have broad knowledge of technical skills gained from your degree but most importantly you will have the following behavioural competencies that we believe are key to succeed in the role:

  • You are excited about joining a fast-paced, mission-focussed engineering company.
  • You're looking forward to exploring and developing your professional career and technical expertise.
  • You are motivated to continuously expand and build upon your skills.
  • You ask lots of questions and spend a considerable amount of your time learning and developing.
  • You enjoy collaborating with others to find solutions but can also work independently and take ownership of your workload.
  • You comfortably apply newly acquired knowledge to develop your practical skills.

Working at Rowden

We are committed to building a flexible, inclusive, and enabling company. Our aim is to create a diverse team of talented people with unique skills, experience, and backgrounds, so please apply and come as you are!

We also recognise the importance of flexible working and support this wherever we can. We typically operate a flexible, hybrid-working model, with an average of 3 days in the office each week (dependent on the role). We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility, part-time working requirements and/or workplace adjustments with all our applicants.

Rowden is a Disability Confident Committed company, and we actively encourage people with disabilities and health conditions to apply for our roles. Please let us know your requirements early on so that we can make sure you have everything you need up front to help make the recruitment process and experience as easy as possible.

Finally, if you feel that you don't meet all the criteria included above but have transferable skills and relevant experience, we'd still love to hear from you!

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