Mechanical Engineer - Internship

airbound; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 167,000 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Relocation stipend and daily travel

Advanced salary credit

Job summary

Airbound in Bengaluru is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Intern to work on the full product arc from concept to prototype, with a hands-on focus and real build experience.

You will join a team that values curious, capable builders. No prior industry experience is required, but BAJA, FSAE, robotics, or similar project work is essential. This in-office role at Hoskote/Bengaluru offers learning and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in mechanical engineering or a related field.
• Hands-on project experience (BAJA, FSAE, robotics, or similar) that demonstrates mechanism design or composites/structures work.
• Working familiarity with 2D and 3D CAD.
• Basic understanding of load calculations, tolerance analysis, and weight budgeting.
• Strength in at least one of: detailed mechanism design or composites and structures.
• Strong attention to detail and willingness to work with hardware.
• Clear communicator and ability to work with internal teams and external vendors.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and development of mechanisms and mechanical assemblies from concept through production intent.
• Build and test prototypes hands-on; this is a hands-on role, not just design.
• Assist with load calculations, tolerance stacks, basic FEA, and weight budgets to validate designs.
• Work with composites layup, injection molding, additive manufacturing, and CNC machining to learn suitable processes.
• Model and analyze composite structures and actuation hardware when needed.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors; document work and findings.

Skills

CAD (2D/3D)

Hands-on project experience

Mechanical design

Education

Bachelors/Masters in Mechanical Engineering (pursuing/recently completed)

Tools

CAD software

Job description

About Airbound

Our mission is to make a world where everyone has access to delivery. Where goods move as freely as information moves today.

This is possible. Today the cost of moving on a scooter is ₹2/km. That’s the cost of moving a 150kg mass from point A to B. We’re bringing that mass down to less than 5kgs, concurrently bringing the cost down to 10 paise/km. This is how we make deliveries a reality. This is how we create a world where we’re doing billions of deliveries per day.

The tech is not there. The current cost of drone delivery is ₹100/km. We need to completely redefine the way things are done here. We’re building the world’s most efficient aircraft from the ground-up, and scaling that up to beyond anything the aerospace sector has ever seen. This cannot be an iterative process. We have to tear down all conventions and build everything up from scratch.

To do this, we need nothing less than the best engineers. The ones who care about building something fundamentally different, who are deeply curious about understanding the fundamentals of everything they’re working on, who are dreamers that believe in the impossible.

About Hardware Engineering

Hardware Engineering owns the aircraft's physical development, from a concept sketch to a part that flies. This spans system design, mechanism design, and structural design: working out how something moves, what it's made of, and whether it holds up under real load. Because most of what we design is custom, it also means designing the equipment we use to prove our work — rigs, jigs, and testers built specifically to validate a design before it goes anywhere near a real flight. It's one team across concept, design, initial prototyping, and test: the full arc of getting a product from an idea to something that ships.

About the Role

We're hiring a Mechanical Engineering Intern - for freshers and university students who've built things with their own hands, not just studied how to. No prior professional experience is required; what we're looking for instead is real, hands-on project experience: BAJA, FSAE, robotics teams, personal builds, or similar.

Key Responsibilities

Mechanism & Assembly Design

• Support the design and development of mechanisms and mechanical assemblies for our aircraft, from early concept through production intent

• Build and test prototypes yourself — this is a hands-on role, not a design-and-hand-off one

Analysis & Validation

• Assist with load calculations, tolerance stacks, basic FEA, and weight budgets to validate designs before they're cut or molded

Manufacturing Process Exposure

• Work with composites layup, injection molding, additive manufacturing, and CNC machining to learn how to choose the right process for each part

Composites & Structures Track

• If focused on composites/structures: help us model and design composite structures — laminate design, layup optimization, and structural analysis — rather than just building to a fixed layup

Mechanism Design Track

• If focused on mechanism design help select actuation hardware — servos, stepper motors, and similar — and write short scripts to drive and test them

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Currently pursuing, or recently completed, a degree in mechanical engineering or a related field

• Real hands-on project experience (BAJA, FSAE, robotics, or similar build teams) that demonstrates genuine mechanism design or composites/structures work, not just coursework

• Working familiarity with 2D and 3D CAD

• Basic understanding of load calculations, tolerance analysis, and weight budgeting

• Strength in at least one of the following:

  • Detailed mechanism design (including actuation hardware selection and basic scripting to drive and test it)

  • Composites and structures (modeling and analysis, not just layup execution)

• Strong attention to detail and a willingness to get hands‑on with hardware

• Clear communicator, comfortable working with both internal teams and external vendors

• Willingness to go the extra mile when a project needs it

Work location: Hoskote, Bangalore (Headquarters)

What We Offer

• Comprehensive health insurance to keep you and your loved ones covered

• Relocation assistance and a daily travel stipend to ease your commute

• Advanced salary credit to support you when you need it

“A driven, passionate team where you’ll have room to grow and thrive - this is more than just a job, it’s a rare opportunity to build something meaningful from the ground up”

Work Schedule:

• In-office role, working alternate Saturdays.