About the Company:
Industry: Defence Technology / Smart Munitions & Weapon Platforms
Company: High-Growth Defence-Tech Startup

About the Role:
Job Description– Head of Mechanical Engineering
Location: Gachibowli, Hyderabad Telangana

Position Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Head of Mechanical Engineering to lead the design, development, qualification, and productionization of next-generation defence systems, smart munitions, and weapon platforms. The role will be responsible for driving mechanical architecture, product engineering, prototyping, testing, manufacturing readiness, and lifecycle support for mission-critical products. The successful candidate will build and lead the mechanical engineering organization while working closely with founders, customers, and cross functional engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end mechanical design, development, qualification, and productionization of advanced defence systems, smart munitions, and weapon platforms.
• Develop and oversee launcher mechanisms, munition subsystems, actuation systems,



structural assemblies, and associated mechanical subsystems.
• Own product architecture, structural design, packaging, and ruggedization for defence applications.
• Lead design validation, reliability testing, environmental qualification, and field trials.
• Collaborate closely with Electronics, Embedded Systems, Software, and Systems Engineering teams.
• Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), cost optimization, manufacturability, and production scalability.
• Establish and manage a reliable supplier ecosystem including machining, fabrication, coatings, heat treatment, assembly, and component vendors to support prototype and production requirements
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performance mechanical engineering team.
• Ensure compliance with applicable defence and aerospace standards, including MIL-STD, JSS, quality, reliability, safety, and environmental qualification requir

📌 Head of Mechanical Engineering (Hyderabad)
🏢 unnayan defence technologies
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