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Asked by anon-200926 to Rosemary, Oliver, Leigh, Jordan, Hannah, David on 2 Mar 2019.
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Oliver Gordon answered on 2 Mar 2019: last edited 2 Mar 2019 2:03 pm
Yes, very much so!
They hire engineers all the time, and scientists are very much wanted. Somebody who works in my office studies lasers. Before they accepted a PhD here, they were offered the chance to do the same thing for the army, all costs paid.
Scientists can also be offered contracts by the ministry of defence to make things or research things for them from time to time, too – and physics departments often work quite closely with them.
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David Walker-Sünderhauf answered on 2 Mar 2019:
Absolutely – the street I grew up on in Germany was named “Herman Oberth Weg”, after Herman Oberth, a physicist and one of the first rocket scientists. One of his students, Wernher von Braun, later went on to design rockets for the Nazi regime I’m Germany and afterwards for the US army.
That being said, I do believe nowadays most engineers employed by armies are more responsible for maintaining and repairing existing machinery rather than inventing new ones – these can often find their way into the army from other fields. In a similar way, Wernher von Braun went on to work for NASA rather than the army, and helped design the rockets for the first moon missions! -
Jordan Kirby answered on 2 Mar 2019: last edited 2 Mar 2019 12:42 pm
Yep! Funny you should ask this but a friend of mine has just started a job doing exactly that! (He is primarily a engineer but has spent the last couple of years doing programming which has lead him into this job).
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