Mechanical Design Intern
3D design, drawings and documentation for special purpose machines and our standard product range
Position summary
| Position | Mechanical Design Intern |
|---|---|
| Function | Mechanical Design |
| Reports to | A design engineer as mentor (overall: Director) |
| Location | Chandigarh works — on-site |
| Duration | Short: 6–8 weeks, full-time (summer / winter training) · Long: 6 months (semester or industrial training) |
| Commitment | Full working days at our works, as per company timings |
| Eligibility | Diploma / B.E. / B.Tech students (pre-final or final year) or recent graduates in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Production, Automobile, or Die & Mould |
| Compensation | Unpaid — see "What You Get Instead of a Stipend" |
| Openings | As required |
About SC Innovators
SC Innovators is a machine building company in Chandigarh, set up in 2017 and in industrial automation since 2021. We design and build special purpose machines, automated assembly and testing systems and electrical control panels for manufacturers, and supply industrial components.
We take a project end to end — application study at the customer's plant, concept and mechanical design, control system design and programming, in-house manufacturing and assembly, factory acceptance testing, site commissioning and after-sales support.
Our team is small and hands-on. Interns here work on real machines and real projects, next to the engineers who build them — not on made-up exercises.
Purpose of the Internship
You will design real parts and assemblies for our machines and our standard product range, and take each one through to the documents the shop floor and customers need: model, drawing, bill of materials, inspection sheet, rendering and, where useful, analysis and CAM.
A short internship covers one product or sub-assembly end to end. A long internship covers several, plus a share of live machine projects.
What You Will Work On
1. Product Design
- Model products from our standard range and machine sub-assemblies in 3D (Fusion 360; training given), with a clean, well-named design tree.
- Model customer components from drawings or samples as the starting point of a design.
- Size simple pneumatic and mechanical elements with your mentor — cylinders, guides, fasteners — and record the calculation.
2. Drawings, BOM & Inspection
- Make fully dimensioned 2D manufacturing drawings with tolerances, fits, surface finish and welding symbols.
- Prepare the bill of materials, split into made and bought-out items.
- Prepare inspection sheets for parts — critical dimensions, instrument and acceptance criteria.
3. Rendering, Animation & Analysis
- Produce renderings and simple animations for catalogues, proposals and the website.
- Run basic static stress and deflection checks on frames and brackets under guidance.
4. CAM & Shop Floor
- Prepare simple CAM toolpaths for parts made on our VMC, with the machinist.
- Spend time in the assembly shop and with the machinist to see how your drawings are made and fitted, and bring corrections back into the model.
Who Can Apply
- Studying or recently completed one of the courses listed under Eligibility.
- Basic 3D CAD (any tool — Fusion 360, SolidWorks, CATIA, Creo, Inventor) and engineering drawing: projections, sections, dimensioning.
- Basic engineering fundamentals — force, torque, stress, units — and willingness to calculate rather than guess.
- Can show at least one design you made (college project, model or drawing).
Good to Have
- GD&T basics.
- Rendering or animation experience.
- Any CAM exposure.
- Interest in machines and automation outside the syllabus.
What We Look For
- Asks when unsure rather than guessing.
- Careful with dimensions — a wrong hole costs real money.
- Keeps files named and organised; no uncontrolled copies.
- Treats customer drawings and our designs as confidential.
- Follow workshop safety at all times — PPE, machine guards, and never operating a machine without being authorised and supervised.
What Success Looks Like
| First 2 weeks | Comfortable with our CAD setup, file naming and drawing standards; has modelled a first part correctly. |
|---|---|
| End of a short internship | One product or sub-assembly delivered: model, drawings, BOM, inspection sheet and a rendering, reviewed and accepted. |
| End of a long internship | Several products documented end to end, CAM for at least one part, and a real contribution to a live machine project. |
What You Get Instead of a Stipend
This is an unpaid internship. What it gives you instead:
- Hands-on experience in a working industrial automation company — machines, tools and real deadlines.
- A defined project with deliverables you can show, reviewed by your mentor every week.
- An internship certificate stating the areas you were trained in.
- A written reference for interns who perform well.
- First consideration for a paid role when one opens in your area.
- For outstanding interns, a completion award may be given at the Director's discretion. It is not promised and not part of the offer.
What this internship does not include: a stipend, a travel or food allowance, accommodation, or a guaranteed job. We would rather say that clearly now.
Selection
Selection is three steps: (1) application screening; (2) a short written test at our works — the common aptitude paper plus a short task related to this internship; (3) one interview with a practical question. Selected interns receive an internship offer letter and sign a confidentiality undertaking before starting.
How to Apply
- Email your CV to [email protected] with the subject line "Application — Mechanical Design Intern (Short / Long)".
- For any query, call or WhatsApp +91-9855104671.
- Please include: your college, course and year; whether you want the short (6–8 weeks) or long (6 months) internship, and the dates you are available; and a few lines on why this internship interests you.
- Attach screenshots or files of any 3D models or drawings you have made.
- If your college needs a training letter or a no-objection certificate, mention it in your email.