Structural Design Engineer

Job Information

• Date Opened: 09/16/2026
• Job Type: Full time
• Industry: Aerospace & Defence
• City: Bengaluru
• State/Province: Karnataka
• Country: India
• Zip/Postal Code: 562149

Responsibilities

Mechanical development (primary focus)

• Own and mature the mechanical development of the SAR antenna panels — detailed design, tolerancing, interfaces, fastening and bonding, and mounting provisions.
• Turn analysis and design intent into manufacturable, integrable hardware; identify and resolve practical mechanical issues while the design is still fluid.
• Drive design decisions on panel construction, interfaces, and joining/mounting methods, balancing structural performance with manufacturability and future integration.
• Develop and own engineering drawings, interface control definitions, and mechanical design documentation.
• Perform and support tolerance analysis and the design work needed to meet precision requirements (flatness, alignment, fit).
• Support the analysis team by supplying design detail and closing the loop between analysis findings and design changes.

Design for manufacture and integration

• Develop the panel design for manufacturability and integrability — work through how the panel will be built and assembled and feed that back into the design.
• Coordinate with manufacturing early to mature processes (bonding, machining, assembly) alongside the design.
• Identify long-lead tooling, jig, and fixture needs and begin defining them so they're ready when build and integration start.
• Develop the panel design with the later Assembly, Integration & Test phase in mind — designing in the features, access, datums, and margins that make AIT achievable.
• Begin shaping the eventual AIT approach — outline assembly sequence, integration concept, and verification/inspection strategy (including bond-line inspection and flatness/alignment metrology) so the programme enters AIT well-prepared.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of mechanical/structural engineering experience, with hardware development / detailed design content.
• Experience maturing a mechanical design from concept toward a buildable, releasable state.
• Solid grounding in mechanical design fundamentals — tolerancing/GD&T, fasteners and joints, interfaces, and materials.
• Proficiency in creating and reviewing engineering drawings and specifications.
• Design-for-manufacture and design-for-integration mindset — thinking ahead to how hardware gets built and assembled.
• Clear technical documentation and communication.
• Experience with precision structures and tight tolerances (flatness, alignment, thermal-stability-driven requirements).
• Experience developing bonded structures and bonded-assembly designs, and awareness of associated inspection needs (ultrasound / thermography / visual).
• CAD proficiency (CATIA / NX / SolidWorks or equivalent)
• Familiarity with assembly tooling and fixture concepts, even at a definition stage.