DRDO RAC Recruitment 2025 – Scientist ‘C’ 

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DRDO RAC Recruitment 2025: The Defence Research & Development Organisation has announced a notification for Scientist ‘C’  postsCandidates with B.E/B.Tech/MD are eligible for this post.  There are a total of 12 openings for this post. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the DRDO RAC Vacancy on or before 09 May 2025. The detailed eligibility and selection of DRDO RAC Careers are explained below. Candidates can apply for DRDO Recruitment.

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DRDO RAC Recruitment 2025 – Details:

Company Name Recruitment & Assessment Centre
Job Role Scientist ‘C’
Job category Govt Jobs
Qualification B.E/B.Tech/MD
Experience 3 Years
Total Posts 12 Posts
Salary Rs. 67,700/-
Job Location Delhi
Last Date 09 May 2025

DRDO RAC Jobs – Detailed Eligibility:

Education Qualification:

Scientist ‘C’:



Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering:

  • At least First-class Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Technology in Aerospace/ Aeronautical Engineering from a recognized University or Equivalent
  • Minimum Three Years’ practical experience in Aerodynamics towards Aircraft Configuration Design / Analysis / Development / Research
  • Desirable:
    • Master’s Degree in Engineering or Technology in Aerospace / Aeronautical Engineering
    • Experience in CFD Tools / Wind Tunnel Testing / Aero data Generation / Aircraft Performance
    • Programming experience in C / MATLAB / PYTHON

Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering :

  • At least First-class Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Technology in Mechanical / Aerospace Engineering from a recognized University or Equivalent
  • Minimum Three Years’ research experience in Designing of Mechanical Systems / Propulsion Systems
  • Desirable: 
    • Master’s Degree / Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering / Aerospace Engineering
    • Experience / Research work in Rocket propulsion / Combustion

Mechanical Engineering:

  • At least a First Class Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Technology in Mechanical Engineering from a recognised university or equivalent.
  • Minimum Three Years’ practical experience in research, design, or development in any two areas from the following:
    • Design of Mechanical systems in the area of electromechanical systems or towed underwater bodies or moored systems or electronic packaging
    • Underwater structures
    • Finite Element Structural Analysis
    • CFD analysis (thermal or hydrodynamics)
  • Desirable:
    • Master’s degree in Engineering or Technology in Mechanical Engineering
    • Knowledge of German, French, Russian, Japanese or Chinese foreign language.

Electronics Engineering/Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering/Electronics & Electrical Engineering/Instrumentation Engineering/Mechanical Engineering:



  • At least a First Class Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technology in Electronics Engineering / Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering / Electronics & Electrical Engineering / Instrumentation Engineering / Mechanical Engineering from a recognised university or equivalent.
    • Minimum Three Years’ experience in research or design or development or production in one or more of the following areas:
    • Design and simulation of MEMS sensors
    • Silicon-based MEMS sensor fabrication technology
    • MEMS sensors, packaging and characterisation
  • Desirable: 
    • Master’s degree in Engineering or Technology in Microelectronics / VLSI/ Nanotechnology / Solid State Technology / Sensor Systems Technology / Solid state materials
    • Knowledge of German, French, Russian, Japanese or Chinese foreign language.

Nuclear Medicine:

  • A medical qualification included in the First Schedule, the Second Schedule, or Part II of the Third Schedule to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956). Holders of medical qualifications included in Part II of the said Third Schedule should also fulfil the conditions specified in sub-section (3) of section 13 of the said Act.
  • Required Post-Graduate Degree qualification in Nuclear Medicine
  • Three years of practical and administrative experience in the required field of Nuclear Medicine

Electronics and Communication Engineering:

  • First Class Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering or equivalent from recognized university.
  • Minimum Three Years’ experience in Research or design development Or Production
    • In area of design, simulation using Microwave CAD tools (HFSS/ADS/Microwave office/ CST studio etc.), development, testing/characterisation of Broadband RF circuits and Antennas (or)
    • In area of design, simulation, analysis, testing & qualification, Integration and performance evaluation of Radar/Communication/EW Subsystem/System (or)
    • In area of hardware and software design, algorithm development using MATLAB/C/C++, simulation, analysis, testing, Integration and performance evaluation of Signal Processing unit (or)
    • In area of Embedded System Hardware/Software design and development using MATLAB/C/C++, Operating system/device drivers etc., (or)
    • In area of FPGA based hardware and firmware development using VHDL/Verilog , VLSI/Chip design etc
  • Desirable:
    • Doctorate or Master’s Degree in engineering or Technology in the Electronics and communication Engineering or equivalent discipline
    • Knowledge of German, French, Russian, Japanese or Chinese

Age Limit (As on 09 May 2025):

  • For Scientist ‘C’: Not exceeding 40 years

Age Relaxation: 

  • Upto 10 years for Divyang/PwD candidates
  • The upper age limit is relaxable up to 5 years for serving Civilian Central Govt. Employees working(on regular basis) in posts which are in the same line or allied cadres and where a relationship could be established that the service already rendered in a particular post will be useful for the efficient discharge of the duties of the advertised posts.
  • The upper age limit is relaxable for Ex-servicemen including Ex SSCOs/ECOs as per rules in vogue.
  • For vacancies pertaining to Sc C and above, category reservation is not applicable, therefore, there is no age relaxation under reserved categories

Salary: 

  • Scientist ‘C’ (Basic Pay: Rs. 67,700/-, Level 11 as per 7th CPC)

DRDO RAC Vacancy 2025: 12 Posts

Selection Process of DRDO RAC Careers:

Screening/ Shortlisting:

  • Administrative Screening will be carried out for verification of identity, age, essential & higher qualifications and length of suitable experience at the initial stage
  • For all Administratively Eligible applications, Technical Screening (maybe at two levels, if required) will be carried out for verification of the suitability of experience possessed by the candidates with the experience advertised against each vacancy.
  • Technically screened applications (Biodata-based Technical Screening at Level-1) will be shortlisted for the further selection process in the Predefined Ratio* by adopting any one or more of the following methods:
    • Based on educational qualifications and / experience
    • Relevance of suitable experience
    • Based on Desirable Qualification
    • By holding a Technical Screening Committee Meeting including Technical Experts from Industry/ Academia/ DRDO
  • Technical Screening at Level-2, i.e. Preliminary Online Interview of short duration (10-15 minutes)
  • Based upon the performance in the Preliminary Online Interview, candidates will be shortlisted for the Final Personal Interview
  • The final selection of candidates will be purely on the basis of merit of marks scored by a candidate in the final personal interview only.
  • Candidates must score a minimum of 75% marks (i.e. 75 out of 100) in the Final Personal Interview for consideration for selection.

Application Fee:

  • General, OBC and EWS male candidates: Rs. 100/- (Rs. One Hundred only)
  • There is no application fee for SC/ST/Divyang and Women candidates.

Payment Mode: Online

How to Apply for  DRDO RAC Recruitment 2025?

Interested candidates possessing the above qualifications from recognised Universities/Institutions must apply online for the DRDO RAC Job Vacancy on or before 09 May 2025 (1600 hrs).

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