Five engineering jobs have opened at Gun Carriage Factory in Jabalpur, the Madhya Pradesh ordnance unit that builds artillery systems for the Indian Army. Four are for Design Engineers on the mechanical side and one on the electrical and electronics side. The pay is a flat Rs 50,000 a month on a one-year contract that can be extended up to three years, and there is no written exam anywhere in the process — you are judged on an interview and a hands-on test on design software. Applications close on 11.10.2026.
Not specified in notification — the portal is already open
Last date to apply online
11.10.2026 — the notification itself only says “15 days from date of publication”, and AWEIL’s official careers page states this date
Age reference date
27.09.2026 (the date of the advertisement)
Interview and practical assessment
Not yet announced — shortlisted candidates will be told by SMS and email
Application Fee
Category
Fee
UR (Unreserved)
Rs 200
OBC
Rs 200
SC
Nil — exempted
ST
Nil — exempted
PwBD (Persons with Benchmark Disability)
Nil — exempted
Female candidates (all categories)
Nil — exempted
Vacancy Details
Post
No. of Posts
Category
Design Engineer (Mechanical)
04
UR
Design Engineer (Electrical/Electronics)
01
UR
Total
05
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GCF has kept the right to increase or reduce the number of posts at any point during the selection.
Eligibility Criteria
Criterion
Detail
Qualification — Mechanical post
B.E./B.Tech, a 4-year full-time course, in Mechanical, Automobile or Production Engineering with at least 55% marks from a recognised university or college.
Qualification — Electrical/Electronics post
B.E./B.Tech, a 4-year full-time course, in Electrical, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Electronics and Instrumentation, or Instrumentation and Control Engineering with at least 55% marks.
Software course (compulsory)
For the mechanical post, a certified course in CAD or CAE software. CAD means Computer Aided Design, the software engineers draw parts in; CAE means Computer Aided Engineering, the software that tests those parts on a computer before anything is built. For the electrical post, a certified course in MATLAB/Simulink, electrical CAD/EDA, circuit design or electrical system simulation. The course must be from a government-accredited institute or a training centre authorised by the software company itself. If the software was part of your degree course instead, you must have scored A+ or an equivalent grade in it.
Software you must actually know — Mechanical
Siemens NX for CAD work, and Simcenter 3D or Ansys for CAE work. You also need MS Office including MS Project, and the ability to read 2D drawings and 3D CAD models.
Software you must actually know — Electrical/Electronics
MATLAB/Simulink, plus in-depth knowledge of at least one of ANSYS Electronics, LTspice, PSpice, LabVIEW, Altium Designer, Cadence OrCAD, KiCad, ETAP, DIgSILENT PowerFactory or PSCAD. MS Office including MS Project is also needed.
Experience
At least 2 years of full-time industrial work on a regular salary, counted only from the month after you passed your final B.E./B.Tech exam. This is called post-qualification experience.
What does not count as experience
Internships, academic projects, teaching, research, work in a non-profit, freelancing and running your own business are all excluded. Apprenticeship under the Apprenticeship Act does count, and so does training as a Management, Executive or Graduate Trainee in a PSU after you got the degree.
Age Limit
The notification says you must be more than 21 years and less than 35 years as on 27.09.2026. No age relaxation is mentioned for any category. Check your age eligibility →
Desirable (extra marks)
An M.E. or M.Tech in a related stream is not required, but it earns you 10 extra marks at the shortlisting stage.
Nationality
Citizens of India.
College recognition
Your college or university must be approved by AICTE or UGC. Only full-time regular courses are accepted.
So the real test here is the two years of industrial experience, not the degree alone. A fresh graduate with an excellent CAD certificate is not eligible, while someone who has been designing parts in a factory since 2024 is.
Not sure whether you are within the age limit?
Enter your date of birth and 27.09.2026 as the cut-off date to see instantly whether you fall inside the 21 to 35 year band GCF has set for these posts.
GCF checks your qualification, experience, age and documents against the rules in the advertisement. Only candidates who clear this go any further. There are no marks at this stage.
2. Shortlisting for Interview
Candidates are ranked on a 100-mark score built from your degree marks, your experience and a master’s degree if you have one. The top candidates are called in a 1:5 ratio — five candidates for every one post. See the breakdown below.
3. Personal Interview
50 marks. You must score at least 25 out of 50 to stay in the running.
4. Practical Assessment
50 marks, on CAD, CAE, modelling and simulation tools — in other words, you sit at a computer and actually use the design software. You must score at least 25 out of 50 here as well.
5. Final Merit List
Prepared only from the interview and practical assessment marks, out of 100. If two candidates tie, the one with more relevant experience is ranked higher; if they still tie, the one with higher degree marks wins.
6. After selection
A medical fitness test before joining. You must also submit a PVR, or Police Verification Report, in three copies on your joining day. You then have to follow up at your police station and get the verified PVR delivered to GCF within three months. If it does not arrive, you get one more month. After four months you cannot continue in the job without it.
In short: your degree marks and experience only decide whether you get called for the interview. They count for nothing in the final ranking — that comes purely from the interview and the software test, so the person with the strongest CV can still lose to someone who performs better on the day.
How Shortlisting Marks Are Calculated
Criteria
Maximum Marks
Marks in B.E./B.Tech — your percentage divided by 100, multiplied by 50 (so 70% gives you 35 marks)
50
Relevant post-qualification experience
40
M.E./M.Tech in a related stream
10
Total
100
Relevant Experience
Marks
2 years (the minimum)
20
2.5 years
22.5
3 years
25
4 years
30
5 years
35
6 years or more
40 (capped)
Every completed six months beyond the minimum two years adds 2.5 marks, and it stops adding at six years.
Salary and Benefits
Component
Detail
Consolidated pay
Rs 50,000 per month, the same in every year of the contract. Consolidated means it is one fixed figure that already includes all allowances.
Separate allowances
None. There is no DA or HRA added on top of the Rs 50,000, unless the factory cannot give you a quarter.
Annual increment
Given at the end of each year if your performance is found satisfactory. Performance is reviewed every six months.
If performance is unsatisfactory
You are given three months in writing to improve. If it is still unsatisfactory after that, the engagement ends with 15 days’ notice.
Provident fund
EPF, the government retirement savings scheme, as per the Act and government guidelines.
Accident cover
You are covered under the Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923.
Paid leave
12 days a year, worked out as 1 day per month of the contract. Unused leave cannot be carried forward or encashed, and you normally cannot take more than 5 days in a month.
Housing
A company quarter on rent if one is free, on a first-come-first-served basis. If no quarter is given, HRA is paid as per AWEIL policy.
Maternity benefit
Female staff get maternity benefits under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
Safety gear
Safety and protective equipment and kits are provided as per company norms.
Not included
Promotions, overtime allowance, loans and advances, medical facilities, school fee reimbursement, LTC/LTA, study leave and sponsorship for higher studies are all excluded.
Working hours
8 hours a day, 6 days a week — 48 hours a week, as per the production schedule.
Tenure
One year to start with, extendable up to a maximum of three years including the first year. Either side can end it with one month’s notice.
In plain terms, Rs 50,000 is what you actually get — there is nothing stacked on top of it the way there is in a regular government job. This is a contract post, so treat it as good paid experience in a defence factory rather than as a permanent government career.
How to Apply
Open the GCF application portal at vacancy.parasnet.com and click “Create an Account” to register with your email address and mobile number.
Sign in, then open the “Detailed Vacancy Advertisement” link on the portal home page and read the Design Engineer notification fully before you start.
Fill in your personal details, branch, degree percentage and every past and current job exactly as your certificates show them — the shortlisting marks are calculated straight from these figures.
Upload your degree certificate, percentage proof, software course certificate and all experience certificates.
Pay the Rs 200 fee if you are a male UR or OBC candidate, submit the form, and save a copy for your records.
Note: Offline and postal applications are not accepted at all.
Photograph or signature rejected by the upload form?
GCF has not published a pixel or KB size for the photo and signature, so the portal’s own form will tell you what it wants. Resize your files to exactly that before uploading and the form will accept them first time.
Compulsory. It must show that you completed the degree, and your class and percentage of marks.
Percentage conversion certificate
Needed if your university gives CGPA, DGPA, OGPA or letter grades. It must be issued by the university or college and show the equivalent percentage and the class awarded.
Specialisation certificate
Needed only if your degree certificate does not name your branch. Your college must certify which specialisation you studied.
Software course certificate
The CAD/CAE certificate for the mechanical post, or the MATLAB/EDA/circuit design certificate for the electrical post. If the software was part of your degree instead, attach the mark sheet showing the A+ grade.
Experience certificate — past jobs
One for every past employer you list. It must show your joining date, relieving date, last pay drawn, pay scale with duration and the nature of the work or projects handled. Missing even one can get your application rejected.
Experience proof — current job
Either an experience certificate with all the above details, or your offer/appointment letter showing the joining date — plus your latest three months’ pay slips to prove you are still working there.
Passport-size photograph
General guidance, not specified in the notification — the online form will state the size it needs. Resize your photo and signature →
Signature
General guidance, not specified in the notification — the online form will state the size it needs.
Government photo ID
General guidance. Aadhaar, PAN, passport, voter ID or driving licence.
PVR (Attestation Form)
Only for selected candidates. Three filled copies on your joining day, then police verification completed within three months.
The notification says an application missing the prescribed documents will be rejected without any intimation, so do not submit the form planning to send certificates later.
A self-declaration about your job role is not accepted — your experience has to come from an employer’s certificate showing joining date, relieving date, last pay drawn and the nature of the work.
Internships, academic projects, teaching, research and freelancing do not count as experience, and nothing you did before finishing your B.E./B.Tech counts either.
If your degree shows CGPA or a letter grade, attach the university’s percentage conversion — without it the 50 marks for degree marks cannot be worked out.
Do not skip the CAD/CAE or MATLAB course certificate. It is an essential qualification here, not an optional extra, unless you scored A+ in that subject in your degree.
Any change to the vacancies, eligibility rules or last date will be published only on the application portal and on the AWEIL and DDP websites, so check the portal before you apply rather than relying on this or any other page.
GCF warns that some people may approach you promising a job in the factory in return for money. The whole selection is on merit, so ignore them.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the last date to apply for the GCF Jabalpur Design Engineer posts? You can apply online until 11.10.2026.
How many vacancies are there? Five in all — four for Design Engineer (Mechanical) and one for Design Engineer (Electrical/Electronics), all in the unreserved category.
Can a fresher apply? No, you need at least two years of full-time industrial work after your B.E./B.Tech, and internships or academic projects do not count.
What is the age limit? You must be more than 21 and less than 35 years as on 27.09.2026, and the notification mentions no relaxation for any category.
What is the application fee? Rs 200 for UR and OBC candidates, while SC, ST, PwBD and all female candidates pay nothing.
Is there a written exam? No — selection is a personal interview of 50 marks and a practical assessment of 50 marks on design software, and you need at least half marks in each.
What is the salary? Rs 50,000 a month as a consolidated figure, which means all allowances are already inside that amount.
Is this a permanent government job? No, it is a fixed-tenure contract of one year that can be extended up to three years, and it gives you no right to claim regular employee status.
Disclaimer: The information above has been compiled from the official notification for the convenience of job seekers. Candidates are advised to verify all details from the official website before applying.
