Mechanical Engineer

Role Name: Mechanical Engineer

Location: Turbhe MIDC, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra — Onsite, full-time.

About Manastu

Manastu Space is a Space Safety and Logistics company focused on making space safe, sustainable, and accessible. We develop technologies to address critical challenges such as space debris mitigation and green propulsion, enabling safer satellite operations, and long-term sustainability of the space ecosystem.

Our work sits at the intersection of advanced engineering, applied research, and mission-critical systems, requiring deep technical capability and long-term thinking.

Website: https://www.manastuspace.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/manastu-space/

Email: [Confidential Information]

Role Objective

Our Robotics team is building Manastu Space's drone program. This role owns mechanical design and analysis for the program end to end — components and subcomponents, material selection, and test fixtures.

Key Responsibility

• Design and analyze drone components and subcomponents in SolidWorks or Fusion360, backed by structural and CFD analysis in Ansys
• Set load cases, margins, and factors of safety for structural parts — and close the gap between what analysis predicts and what shows up in test
• Select materials and manufacturing processes, and work directly with our external manufacturing vendors — machining, composite layup, sheet metal, additive — to get designs built the way you designed them
• Design and build test fixtures and setups for structural, vibration, and flight testing
• Take designs from concept through released drawings and BOMs, ready for manufacturing
• Work closely with system, electronics, software, testing, and manufacturing teams, participate in technical reviews, design reviews, and engineering discussions
• Comfortable being fully accountable for your own designs — you can consult the design team, but nobody signs off on or monitors the work day to day
• Strong communication across functions — with manufacturing vendors, and with other engineering disciplines like electrical and validation

Experience & Background

• BTech/ MTech in Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering OR Relevant Field
• Years of Experience designing UAVs — you've worked on a drone or similar aerospace platform end to end, not just standalone components
• Strong Mechanical Engineering Fundamentals
• Engineering Calculations and Analytical Problem Solving
• Hands-on experience in SolidWorks or Fusion 360, and Ansys for structural and CFD analysis — you've taken designs from concept through analysis yourself, not handed that off
• Experience selecting materials and manufacturing processes, and working with external vendors through to a finished, built part
• Experience designing and building test fixtures or setups for structural, vibration, or flighttesting

What to send us

• To: [HIDDEN TEXT]; Subject – Mechanical Engineer Application
• – Your CV along with the project portfolio which include your designs and analysis project, you personally worked on —
• – A short note — a few lines is enough — on one drone or robotics problem you solved: what was broken, what you tried, and what the result was. Include the numbers if you have them.