Defence engineers do not have to join the armed forces, although working for a defence contractor is likely to mean signing a number of confidentiality clauses as you’ll be working on the design and construction of classified military equipment and vehicles.

Modern military equipment is as much about software as hardware, so defence engineers often work on software development and systems engineering as well as in the more traditional engineering realms of production, research and development, electronic and mechanical hardware and the ergonomics behind a particular piece of military kit. Read More