Career Guide

Space Careers in India

We don't run a job board — but here's a straight, sourced guide to where space-sector jobs in India actually open: the government agencies that build and fly missions, the private companies building India's commercial space industry, and the two main paths into either. Every link below goes straight to the organisation's own official careers page.

Government & Public Sector

India's space missions are built and flown here

ISRO

India's national space agency, under the Department of Space. Recruits scientists, engineers, technicians and administrative staff across its centres (VSSC, URSC, LPSC, SAC, ISTRAC, SDSC SHAR and more) mainly through the ICRB — a written test and interview, or a GATE score for many engineering posts.

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NSIL

NewSpace India Limited — ISRO's commercial arm. A Government of India company that builds and sells launches, manufactures PSLV and SSLV rockets for industry, and leases satellite capacity to customers.

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IN-SPACe

The Indian National Space Promotion & Authorisation Centre — the single-window regulator that authorises and promotes private companies to build, launch and operate in India's space sector.

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Private Space Companies Hiring

India's commercial space industry, building outside ISRO

Skyroot Aerospace

Hyderabad. Built and launched Vikram-S, India's first privately developed rocket to reach space (Nov 2022). Now building the orbital Vikram series of small-lift launch vehicles.

8 open roles right now
  • Lead - HR Operations · Hyderabad
  • Procurement Engineer - Avionics · Hyderabad
  • Methods Engineer - Composites · Hyderabad
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Agnikul Cosmos

Chennai. Developing Agnibaan, a small-satellite launch vehicle with 3D-printed rocket engines, launched from its own private launchpad at Sriharikota.

4 open roles right now
  • Power electronics Engineer · Chennai, India
  • Mission Design Software Developer · Chennai, India
  • Launch Vehicle Operations Strategist · Chennai, India
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Pixxel

Bengaluru. Building a constellation of hyperspectral earth-imaging satellites, used for agriculture, mining and environmental monitoring.

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Dhruva Space

Hyderabad. Designs and manufactures satellite platforms, and provides orbital deployment and launch integration services for other satellite operators.

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Bellatrix Aerospace

Bengaluru. Builds in-space electric propulsion systems — the thrusters that keep satellites in orbit and manoeuvring once they're up there.

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Open Right Now at ISRO

Synced automatically from ISRO's own listings — updated 3 hours ago. Confirm status on the official page before applying.
  • Recruitment for the posts of Technical Assistant, Technician 'B', Cook 'A' and Fireman 'A'. IPRC · closes Oct 5

Pulled live from ISRO's own Current Opportunities page and refreshed automatically twice a day — always confirm eligibility, pay scale and the exact deadline there before applying.

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How to Get In

The two main doors into India's space sector
Straight From School

IIST (Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram) is the Department of Space's own institute. Undergraduate admission is purely on JEE (Advanced) merit, followed by online counselling — no separate entrance exam. Graduates aren't bonded to ISRO, but qualifying students are considered for Scientist/Engineer recruitment if vacancies exist, alongside normal campus placements.

After a Degree

Engineers and postgraduates can apply directly to ISRO's ICRB for Scientist/Engineer posts — many disciplines screen on GATE score, followed by an interview. Technical and administrative posts (Assistant, Technician, Stenographer and similar) are recruited through their own separate ICRB written tests.

Sources: ISRO (isro.gov.in), NSIL (nsilindia.co.in), IN-SPACe (inspace.gov.in), IIST (iist.ac.in), and each company's own careers page, linked above. This guide is curated by SpaceCraft India and isn't affiliated with any organisation listed.

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