General Engineer jobs: 40 open roles
Open general engineer jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $124,500 a year.

The market for general engineer work
Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Engineering function this title sits in.
- Verified open general engineer jobs
- 40
- Median pay in listings that state it
- $124,500
- Engineering openings that ask for AI skills
- 8%
Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter verified openings.
Source: NextChapter verified openings.
Skills most often named in openings
- 1. python10%
- 2. project management7%
- 3. agile7%
- 4. devops5%
- 5. aws5%
- 6. ci/cd5%
- 7. excel5%
- 8. azure4%
AI skills worth building for this work
- 1. ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
- 2. LLM application engineering
- 3. RAG and vector search
- 4. Model fine-tuning
- 5. Model training and deep learning
- 6. MLOps
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Open general engineer jobs
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- General Engineer - Direct Hire - SME - BIL (GS-11/13)
Federal Transit Administration · Chicago, Illinois
$83k–$158k · Nov 5, 2026
- GENERAL ENGINEER (GS-5/7)
Naval Sea Systems Command · Kittery, Maine
$46k–$74k · Nov 5, 2026
- General Engineer - Banknote Development, Quality, and Manufacturing (GS-11)
Bureau of Engraving and Printing · Washington, District of Columbia; Fort Worth, Texas
$81k–$111k · Nov 5, 2026
- General Engineer - NIPM (NAS Implementation Program Manager) (FV-J)
Federal Aviation Administration · Lenexa, Kansas
$114k–$176k · Nov 5, 2026
- GENERAL ENGINEER (GS-12)
Air Combat Command · Shaw AFB, South Carolina
$90k–$116k · Nov 4, 2026
- GENERAL ENGINEER (GS-12)
Air Force District of Washington · Andrews AFB, Maryland
$102k–$133k · Nov 3, 2026
- GENERAL ENGINEER (Title 32) (GS-12)
Air National Guard Units · Sioux Falls, South Dakota
$90k–$116k · Nov 3, 2026
- General Engineer (GS-13)
National Cemetery Administration · Oakland, California
$133k–$173k · Nov 3, 2026
- GENERAL ENGINEER (DP-4)
Naval Air Systems Command · Arlington, Virginia
$102k–$158k · Nov 3, 2026
- General Engineer - Recent Graduate (GS-7/9)
Department of Energy Headquarters · Anchorage, Alaska; Berkeley, California; Menlo Park, California
$56k–$100k · Nov 3, 2026
- GENERAL ENGINEER (GS-12/13)
U.S. Pacific Fleet · Bremerton, Washington
$115k–$171k · Nov 2, 2026
- General Engineer - Direct Hire - SME (GS-12/13)
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration · Anywhere in the U.S. (remote job), United States
$102k–$158k · Oct 30, 2026
- GENERAL ENGINEER (GS-15)
HQ USAF and Support Elements · Arlington, Virginia
$169k–$197k · Oct 29, 2026
- GENERAL ENGINEER (NH-4)
Naval Sea Systems Command · Naval Business Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
$139k–$197k · Oct 29, 2026
- GENERAL ENGINEER (Title 5) (GS-12)
Air National Guard Units · Des Moines, Iowa
$90k–$117k · Oct 29, 2026
Showing the newest 15 of about 40 verified open jobs here. Search all jobs
General Engineer salary
The middle half of general engineer listings that state pay run from $103,000 to $144,500. See the full general engineer salary breakdown.
Engineering jobs in the rankings
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Where general engineer jobs are
- Virginia6
- District of Columbia3
- Maryland3
- Kansas2
- Illinois2
- Washington2
- California2
- Florida2
- New Jersey2
- Arizona2
- Maine1
- Georgia1
Between jobs? Unemployment benefits and severance rules in these states, or in every state.
Employers hiring general engineers
- Naval Sea Systems Command 5
- Naval Air Systems Command 4
- Air Combat Command 2
- Air National Guard Units 2
- Army Tank-Automotive and Armament Command (TACOM) 2
- Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command 2
- Department of Energy Headquarters 2
- Federal Aviation Administration 2
- Chenega Base & Logistics Services 2
- Agricultural Research Service 1
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