Rowden

About Rowden

A graduate programme designed for impact

Rowden’s Applied Engineering Graduate Programme is designed for engineers who want broad systems and product exposure, with real responsibility early and close engagement with users and operational constraints. You’ll work across engineering disciplines, contributing directly to deployable sensing, situational awareness, and resilience capability for defence, emergency response, and national security organisations.

You'll build technical breadth quickly through meaningful work, supported by experienced mentors, structured feedback, and clear progression. This is an applied programme for people who want to build capability that matters and develop fast.

Why It’s Different

We care less about polish and more about mindset. We want people who ask good questions, own their work, and don’t wait to be told what to do. People who want to learn fast, take responsibility early, and build something meaningful with a team that’s doing the same.

This isn’t a place to coast. The programme is deliberately demanding because the work is demanding.

If you care about building deployable capability, supporting national resilience, and helping grow a company with real momentum, this is what you can expect:

• Hands-on mentorship - from engineers, operators, and seasoned scale-up business leaders.
• Responsibility from the start - your work will shape how we grow as a business and deliver for our customers.
• Structured learning and fast feedback - Targeted training across technical and commercial disciplines, supported by a personal learning and development budget and regular feedback loops.
• Time to connect - A culture that values teamwork and mutual support, including regular socials and our annual summer family event.