Lead Mechanical Design Engineer
Location: Hubli, Karnataka
Experience: 3–10 years in Mechanical Current Product Development
Note: Experience in service-based industries will not be considered.

About the Role
Astr Defence is looking for a Lead Mechanical Design Engineer to lead our mechanical design function and drive the development of next-generation defence hardware.
This is a leadership role for someone who can combine strong hands-on engineering with team leadership, process building, and product ownership. You will lead mechanical design engineers, drive development from concept to field trials, and establish the structure and discipline needed to build rugged, reliable, field-ready systems in a fast-moving defence environment.
This role is for someone who wants to do more than create CAD models and drawings. You should want to lead engineers, solve difficult product problems, and build hardware that performs in the real world.

What You’ll Be Doing
Lead end-to-end mechanical design and development of new defence products, from concept sketches to certified field hardware




Supervise and mentor Mechanical Design Engineers and freshers, helping them grow into strong independent contributors
Establish and strengthen structured mechanical design practices including DFMEA, tolerance stack-ups, BOM management, revision control, and release systems
Drive prototyping and validation cycles in coordination with production and cross-functional teams
Oversee mechanical builds, testing, debugging, and iteration for rugged, field-ready systems
Conduct structured design reviews and quality gates to ensure manufacturability, ruggedness, reliability, and serviceability
Drive simulation and engineering analysis using tools such as FEA, vibration, fatigue, and structural analysis
Work closely with electronics, embedded, manufacturing, testing, and quality teams to deliver integrated products
Support certification, compliance, and external defence evaluations with strong technical doc

📌 Lead Mechanical Design Engineer (Hubli)
🏢 Astr Defence
📍 Hubli