About the Role
You'll translate the team's ideas into precise 3D models ready for manufacturing. Using CAD tools such as Fusion 360, Siemens NX, or SOLIDWORKS, you'll model airframe components, mechanisms, and assemblies, iterate on them with the design and analysis teams, and prepare parts for fabrication and 3D printing. This is where concepts become real geometry: you'll balance performance, weight, and manufacturability, and see your models turn into physical parts that go on the aircraft.
Requirements
Interest in aircraft structures, mechanisms, and turning ideas into buildable parts.
Any CAD exposure (Fusion 360, Siemens NX, or SOLIDWORKS) is a plus but not required.
Willingness to learn a professional CAD workflow.
About the Team
DesignBuildFly at MPSTME is a student-led aerospace design team founded in July 2025 at the Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering, Mumbai. We design, fabricate, and test radio-controlled aircraft to compete in the AIAA Design/Build/Fly competition, working to precise mission requirements against significantly larger and better-funded programmes. In our very first year we placed 20th in Round 1 of the 2025–26 competition, and our current challenge is a banner-towing bush plane built to execute charter-flight ground operations and aerial banner deployment. Our technical philosophy centres on advanced composites carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (CFRP) for primary structures integrated with additive manufacturing to hit exceptional strength-to-weight ratios. Every member receives structured training in flight dynamics, stability analysis, and performance prediction, and we're expanding into CubeSats too. No prior experience is expected from first-years, we teach what you don't yet know. What matters is that you're curious, committed, and want to build real aircraft that fly.