Department: Tech Services Location: West Midlands, UK Compensation: £55,000 - £70,000 / 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. As an Integration Engineer at Rowden, you will be responsible for helping our customers deploy cutting edge digital capability to frontline operational users. You will act as a crucial intermediary between government departments, technical partners, suppliers and end users. The role will require you to get hands-on with various tactical C4ISR systems and related technologies, offering credible insight and domain knowledge to solve engineering problems. Working closely with Systems Engineers, Software Engineers and Product Owners within our DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering team, you will demonstrate technical leadership to guide our government customers through the challenges associated with developing and fielding technology-intensive solutions to pressing operational challenges. This is a customer-facing role and will involve being on-site with our customer in the West Midlands for up to three days per week on average. Occasional short periods of international travel may also be required. We recognise the instability this creates, and we will provide additional compensation accordingly. If this opportunity sounds like a great fit, we’d like to hear from you. Key areas of responsibility As an Integration Engineer at Rowden, you will be responsible for: Planning, designing, documenting, and implementing integration processes. Maintenance, transport, configuration, and deployment of C4ISR systems. Requirements capture, discovery and development of Concepts of Use (CONUSE). Conducting technical feasibility assessments and de-risking, using Rowden’s integration facilities. Providing 1st line support, such as network configuration and bug reporting, for deployed users. Communicating with a wide variety of stakeholders, from the end users to the CTO, translating complex technical issues into actionable insights and trade-offs. Delivering scenario-based training, in both classroom and field environments, for deployed users. Acting as a trusted technical advisor, building strong relationships, and providing consultancy input into MOD capability direction and project strategy. Key skills, experience and behaviours We are looking for someone who is passionate about technology and who actively invests in their technical skills and abilities. You’ll gain loads of experience in this role but before you do, you should have: A confident, consultative approach to stakeholder engagement able to build trust, identify needs, and manage expectations. An ability to provide autonomous support, such as basic fault finding. Experience of configuration of computing equipment. An ability to assist with technical writing. An applied knowledge of IP (Internet Protocol) and computer networks. An understanding of radio frequency and antenna propagation. Experience with Mobile Adhoc Network / Mesh communication systems. Experience with VHF / UHF tactical communications systems. An understanding of Military Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). About you: The ideal candidate will have a strong balance of technical skills and experience, but the key behavioural competencies that we believe will lead to success in this role are as follows: Extremely customer and user-focused with strong communication skills. Passionate about delivering value to front line users. Strong desire to learn and improve. Proven critical analysis and problem-solving skills. Comfortable with autonomous working and working in cross functional teams. 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 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!