LPSC Recruitment 2026 – 19 Posts | ISRO

The Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), a unit of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under the Department of Space, released this recruitment notification on 15 August 2026 on the official LPSC website. As per Advertisement No. LPSC/02/2026 dated 15.08.2026, the online application opens on 18 August 2026 at 2:00 PM and closes on 4 September 2026 at 2:00 PM. LPSC Recruitment 2026 is for candidates with a Diploma, an ITI/NTC/NAC certificate, or an SSLC/SSC (10th pass) qualification who want a technical or fire-service job with ISRO.

LPSC has announced 19 vacancies in total, spread across six post-discipline combinations. A full post-wise and location-wise breakdown is given later in this article. The posts are located at LPSC’s Valiamala unit near Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and at its Bengaluru unit, Karnataka. Candidates should check all details in the article below.

Information verified from the official LPSC notification No. LPSC/02/2026 dated 15.08.2026. Last verified: 17 August 2026.

LPSC (ISRO) is recruiting for 19 posts of Technical Assistant, Technician ‘B’, Draughtsman ‘B’ and Fireman ‘A’ under Advertisement No. LPSC/02/2026. The last date to apply online is 4 September 2026 at 2:00 PM through LPSC’s Online Recruitment Portal. Selection is through a written test followed by a skill test for Technical Assistant, Technician and Draughtsman posts, and a written test followed by a Physical Efficiency Test and Detailed Medical Examination for Fireman ‘A’.

Quick summary of LPSC Recruitment 2026

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About LPSC

The Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre is ISRO’s lead centre for liquid and cryogenic propulsion systems used in India’s launch vehicles, including PSLV and GSLV, and for satellite propulsion systems. It functions under the Department of Space, Government of India, with units at Valiamala (Thiruvananthapuram) and Bengaluru. For a candidate, this means working directly on hardware and processes that go into ISRO’s launch programme, inside a central government technical establishment rather than a private contractor setup.

How this compares to similar current openings

This is added context, not part of the official notification. Confirm with the hiring office.

LPSC’s recruitment notices are typically smaller and more specialised than the large combined exams run by SSC or the railways — this notice covers 19 posts across six trade/discipline combinations, filled directly by the centre rather than through a common entrance test. Candidates comparing this with a general ITI-based Technician recruitment elsewhere should note that selection here is purely on written-test rank (with skill test or PET/PME/DME as qualifying stages), and posting is confined to two cities rather than spread across India. Candidates from West Bengal, Sikkim or the North East applying here should also note that both the written test and skill test are held only in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala — a long-distance exam city for candidates from the eastern and north-eastern states, with no travel allowance paid for the written test stage (details in the Selection Process section below).

Important dates

Applications for LPSC Recruitment 2026 will open on 18 August 2026 and will close on 4 September 2026, both at 2:00 PM. The application fee can be paid later, but only until 7 September 2026.

LPSC Recruitment 2026 – Vacancy details and salary

LPSC has announced 19 posts across six discipline/location combinations. Every row below is reproduced from the notification; no discipline or location split has been merged.

Reservation footnotes (as given in the notification):

• * One UR post at Bengaluru under Post No. 813, and the single UR post at Bengaluru under Post No. 815, are each reserved for PWBD-MD (backlog vacancy), open to candidates with Low Vision (LV), Hearing Handicap (HH), One Arm (OA), One Leg (OL), One Arm & One Leg (OAL), Dwarfism (Dw), Leprosy Cured (LC), Cerebral Palsy (CP) or Orthopedic Handicap (OH). If no PWBD-MD candidate is available, other PWBD categories will be considered; if none of those are available either, the post will be filled with an Unreserved (UR) candidate.
• † Of the 5 Fitter posts at Valiamala (Post No. 816), 1 post is reserved for PWBD (HH).
• Of the 9 Fitter posts under Post No. 816 (across both locations), 2 posts are reserved for Ex-Servicemen.

Career advancement for Technical Assistant, Technician and Draughtsman posts follows ISRO’s Merit Promotion Scheme — employees are reviewed and promoted to the next grade on merit after a prescribed residency period, without reference to vacancy availability. Administrative staff advancement depends on vacancy availability. Central government benefits such as medical facilities for self and dependents, a subsidised canteen, House Building Advance, Leave Travel Concession, and the National Pension System/Unified Pension Scheme are provided as per Government of India orders.

These posts are temporary but likely to continue indefinitely, as stated in the notification. Initial posting will be at the LPSC unit shown against each post, but selected candidates are liable to be posted at any ISRO or Department of Space centre or unit anywhere in India, if required.

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Eligibility (post-wise)

Educational qualification

The essential qualification must be from a recognised State Board or Institution. Only candidates who hold the required qualification as on 4 September 2026 need apply.

Age limit (as on 4 September 2026)

Minimum age is 18 years for all posts. Maximum age is 35 years for Post Nos. 813 to 817, and 25 years for Post No. 802. SC/ST candidates get a 5-year relaxation and OBC candidates a 3-year relaxation, but only for posts reserved for their category. Ex-servicemen, Persons with Benchmark Disabilities, Departmental candidates, Meritorious sportspersons, Widows, Divorced Women, and Women judicially separated from their husbands (and not remarried) get age relaxation as per Government of India orders — the notification does not state the exact number of years for these categories. Age relaxation does not apply to SC/ST/OBC candidates applying against Unreserved posts.

The notification gives the exact date-of-birth cut-off (born not earlier than) for each post and category:

OBC candidates must not fall in the creamy layer, and their certificate must specifically state exclusion from the creamy layer, valid at the relevant time. EWS candidates need an Income and Asset Certificate in the DoPT-prescribed format, obtained on or before 4 September 2026, and must upload it for financial year 2025–2026 on the recruitment portal — non-compliance means the EWS claim will not be accepted (the candidate may instead be considered under General/UR if otherwise eligible).

Selection process for LPSC Recruitment 2026

Selection follows two separate routes depending on the post applied for.

Post Nos. 813–817 (Technical Assistant, Technician ‘B’, Draughtsman ‘B’)

1. Written test — 90 minutes, 80 multiple-choice questions, 1 mark per correct answer, with 0.33 negative marking per wrong answer. The syllabus is curriculum-based, testing both breadth and depth of the trade/discipline.
2. Skill test — based on written test performance, candidates are shortlisted in a 1:5 ratio, with a minimum of 10 candidates. The skill test is purely go/no-go; marks scored in it are not counted toward final selection.
3. Final selection — made purely on written test marks among candidates who qualify the skill test, in descending order of written test score. If written test scores tie, the academic marks of the notified qualification are the tie-breaker.

Qualifying marks:

EWS candidates are held to the same qualifying standard as unreserved candidates.

Post No. 802 (Fireman ‘A’)

1. Preliminary Medical Examination (PME) certificate — must be submitted with the application, in the Annexure-A format, issued by a Registered Medical Practitioner not below the rank of Assistant Civil Surgeon (Allopathy) in government health services.
2. Written test — 120 minutes, 80 multiple-choice questions, 1 mark per correct answer, with 0.25 negative marking per wrong answer. The syllabus covers basic chemistry of flammable liquids and gases, LPG properties, the relation between pressure, volume and temperature, mensuration (area of triangle/rectangle/parallelogram, volume of cylinder/cone/sphere/cuboid), properties of CO2, O2, H2 and inert gases, basic electrical safety, properties of water, and general knowledge.
3. Physical Efficiency Test (PET) — based on written test marks, candidates meeting the PME norms are shortlisted for PET, in a maximum 1:50 ratio to the number of vacancies. Candidates with an incomplete or wrongly formatted PME certificate are disqualified. Stage-1 PET is conducted first; only those who clear it proceed to Stage-2 PET. Both stages are go/no-go — failing any single event disqualifies the candidate from the remaining events.
4. Detailed Medical Examination (DME) — candidates who clear both PET stages undergo DME. The final selection panel is drawn, in order of written test marks, from among candidates who qualify DME. Only one chance is given for DME.

A practical note from the notification: no travelling allowance is paid to attend the written test. Outstation candidates called for the skill test or PET are paid to-and-fro second class rail or bus fare by the shortest route, on production of the ticket, provided they are not already availing a railway concession for the journey. The written test and skill test are conducted only at venues in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Candidates shortlisted for PET participate at their own risk — no compensation is payable for any injury, disability or death arising from participation, and a declaration to this effect (Annexure-B format) must be submitted at the time of reporting for PET.

Candidates already working in Central/State Government, PSUs or autonomous bodies must apply with intimation to their current employer, and can attend the written test/skill test/PET only after producing a No Objection Certificate from that employer. At the time of the skill test, candidates must produce original documents to verify the details in their application; failure to do so means the candidate will not be allowed to attend the skill test/PET, will not get travelling allowance, and will have no claim on the recruitment process going forward.

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Application fee

Refunds are made online, and only to candidates who appear for the written test. Candidates must provide their bank account name, account number and IFSC code while submitting the application; LPSC is not responsible for refund issues arising from incorrect or incomplete bank details. Fee-exempt candidates must upload the applicable certificate (SC/ST/Disability/Ex-Servicemen) for the refund to be processed; female candidates from other categories do not need to upload any certificate for the fee refund.

Payment can be made immediately after submitting the application, or later — using the “Make Payment” option on the portal — up to 2:00 PM on 7 September 2026. No other mode of payment is accepted. If a payment attempt fails, the next attempt can only be made after 30 minutes. Any bank transaction or user charges during payment are borne by the candidate.

How to apply

1. Visit the official LPSC website and open the Online Recruitment Portal (available from 18 August 2026, 2:00 PM, to 4 September 2026, 2:00 PM). The notification does not print an exact application portal URL — it refers candidates only to the “LPSC website” and “Online Recruitment Portal.”
2. Register and fill in personal, educational and category details. Apply separately for each post if applying for more than one.
3. Upload a photograph that meets the notification’s specifications (see checklist below).
4. Upload the certificates/mark sheets for the essential qualification, the experience certificate (where applicable), and category certificates (SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PWBD/Ex-Servicemen) if claiming a reserved category.
5. For Fireman ‘A’ (Post No. 802) only, upload the Preliminary Medical Examination (PME) certificate in the Annexure-A format.
6. Submit the application. Note down the online registration number issued after registration and keep it safe — LPSC will not entertain further queries about a lost registration number.
7. Pay the application fee — either immediately, or later via “Make Payment” on the portal, by 7 September 2026, 2:00 PM.

Once online registration is complete, candidates do not need to send any documents, application printouts, certificate copies, or payment receipts to LPSC by post. Candidates registered on the National Career Service (NCS) portal and meeting the eligibility conditions may also apply by visiting the LPSC website and following the same procedure.

Documents and details to keep ready:

• Diploma / SSLC-SSC / ITI-NTC-NAC certificates and mark sheets, as applicable to the post
• Experience certificate, if claiming experience
• Category certificate — SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/EWS/PWBD/Ex-Servicemen — if applicable
• EWS Income and Asset Certificate for financial year 2025–2026, if applying under EWS
• PME certificate in the Annexure-A format (Post No. 802 only)
• Bank account details — name, account number, IFSC code — for fee refund
• A photograph: face clearly visible, white or light background, eyes visible (not covered by dark glasses), JPG/JPEG format, maximum 40 KB file size, height and width each between 95 and 100 pixels, file name of 25 characters or fewer using only letters and numbers, and confirmed virus-free
• A working personal email ID, entered correctly — all further communication on the written test, skill test and other stages will be sent only through email or the LPSC website

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Should you apply?

This recruitment suits candidates who already hold the exact qualification asked for — a First Class Diploma in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering for the Technical Assistant posts, or an ITI/NTC/NAC certificate in the named trade for the Technician and Draughtsman posts — since the notification does not leave room for equivalent qualifications. It also suits candidates comfortable relocating to Kerala or Karnataka, since posting starts at Valiamala or Bengaluru and can later extend to any ISRO or Department of Space unit in India. With only 19 posts spread across six discipline-location combinations, and some as small as a single vacancy, competition per post is likely to be sharp, though the notification itself gives no applicant numbers to confirm this — treat it as a general expectation, not a stated fact.

The honest trade-off here is the exam city: the written test and skill test are held only in Thiruvananthapuram, with no travel allowance for the written test stage. For a candidate based in West Bengal, Sikkim or the North East, that is a real cost and a long journey to weigh before applying. On the other hand, these are temporary-but-continuing central government posts with regular pay scales, ISRO’s benefits (medical, LTC, pension), and — for the technical grades — a merit-based promotion path that does not depend on new vacancies opening up. Candidates who need administrative-track growth, or who cannot commit to a written test in Kerala, may find this a harder fit than a state-level or SSC recruitment closer to home.

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