Junior Research Fellow in Radar and Electronics at LRDE, DRDO (Bengaluru)
Job Description
The Electronics and Radar Development Establishment, DRDO’s radar laboratory in Bengaluru, is holding walk-in interviews for Junior Research Fellowships in electronics and communication engineering, under advertisement 03/2026/JRF.
At a glance
- Position: Junior Research Fellow
- Vacancies: 2 in Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Where: LRDE, C.V. Raman Nagar, Bengaluru
- Stipend: As per DRDO fellowship rules
- Walk-in: As given in the official advertisement
- Closes: 8 October 2026
LRDE is where India’s radars are designed, from the arrays on fighter aircraft to ground-based surveillance systems. A fellowship here is an apprenticeship in radar and related technologies at the establishment that builds them, and the laboratory accepts a wide list of equivalent degree titles, which matters because electronics degrees are named differently at different universities.
Why this role matters
Radar engineering is not taught deeply in most Indian master’s programmes: it is learned inside organisations that build radars. For an ECE graduate with a good GATE score, this is one of the shortest routes to real signal-processing and antenna work on systems that are actually deployed.
What the fellows will work on
- Radar-related research within LRDE’s development programmes
- Work in electronics and communication engineering supporting radar and related technologies
Eligibility
- A graduate degree in a professional course, B.E. or B.Tech. in first division in Electronics and Communication Engineering or an accepted equivalent, with a valid cut-off GATE score from 2024, 2025 or 2026
- OR a postgraduate degree in a professional course, M.E. or M.Tech. in first division at both graduate and postgraduate level in the respective subject
- LRDE accepts equivalent subjects including Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Electronics and Computer Engineering, Electronics and Communication Technology, Electronics and Communication System Engineering, and Electronics and Electrical Communication
- Open to Indian citizens
This is a walk-in recruitment, so candidates attend on the advertised date with documents rather than applying in advance. Read the official advertisement for the exact date, reporting time and venue before travelling. A fellowship is not a government job with permanent tenure. These posts are temporary, tied to the project or scheme that funds them, and the advertisements say plainly that they confer no claim to a regular post. What they do give you is paid research time inside a national laboratory, and in many cases a route into a PhD.
Pay and duration
- As per DRDO and national agency research fellowship rules
How to apply
Attend the walk-in as set out in the official LRDE advertisement 03/2026/JRF, at LRDE, C.V. Raman Nagar, Bengaluru 560093. Carry originals and self-attested copies of all mark sheets and degree certificates, your GATE scorecard, photo identity and passport-size photographs.
Key dates
- Advertisement 03/2026/JRF published on DRDO’s vacancy page on 7 September 2026
- DRDO’s vacancy page gives the end date as 8 October 2026
Please read the official LRDE advertisement 03/2026/JRF before applying, and browse more junior research fellow jobs on ResearchJobs.in.
Hiring institution: Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE), DRDO
Official advertisement: www.drdo.gov.in
How to prepare for this application
- Check your degree title against the list: LRDE publishes accepted equivalents, so confirm yours appears before you travel.
- GATE year matters: scores from 2024, 2025 and 2026 are accepted for the B.E./B.Tech. route, so check yours is still valid.
- Revise radar basics: the radar range equation, pulse compression and the difference between a phased array and a mechanically scanned antenna are fair game.
- Prepare your signal processing: sampling, filtering and the FFT come up constantly in radar interviews.
- Bring first-division proof: first division at both levels is an eligibility condition on the postgraduate route, so carry every mark sheet.
About DRDO
The Defence Research and Development Organisation is the research wing of India's Ministry of Defence, with laboratories across the country working on aeronautics, armaments, combat vehicles, electronics, missiles, naval systems, life sciences and materials. Its research fellowships are a well-worn route into Indian defence research: fellows work inside a laboratory on a live programme, and many go on to register for a PhD or to join the organisation as scientists.
