Defence and national-security systems engineering, RF and edge integration
Rowden is a Bristol-based engineering firm building and integrating mission-critical systems for national security and frontline users. Its stack pairs RF and hardware tooling (USRP, FPGA, Jama Connect) with cloud infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Kubernetes), pointing to software-defined radio work delivered on modern DevOps foundations. Hiring is accelerating and engineering-heavy, with RF test capability and an internal developer platform as recurring themes.
Notable leadership hires: Business Line Lead
Rowden is a privately held UK engineering company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bristol, England, with 51–200 employees. It delivers systems integration, system design and software development for national security and critical-industry customers, focusing on frontline users and protection of critical assets. Work spans RF engineering, edge information systems and secure connectivity, using languages including Python, Go, C++, C#, Java and Kotlin on AWS and Azure. The company hires in the United Kingdom and the United States, and runs named products including Mimic and Dovetail.
Rowden uses Python, Go, C++, C#, Java and Kotlin, with Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible and Kubernetes on AWS and Azure, plus RF tools like USRP and FPGA and Jama Connect for requirements. It is adopting Power Apps.
Yes. Hiring is accelerating and dominated by engineering, mostly mid and senior levels, with strong demand for RF engineers. Roles are open in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Rowden is expanding RF test and evaluation capability, building integration and test capability for edge information systems, developing an internal developer platform with CI/CD pipelines, and running its Mimic and Dovetail products.
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