As of Oct 6, 2026, our inventory holds 105 open general engineering postings that allow either remote work or telework. Fully remote among them: 0. Posted in the last 30 days: 79. Those figures are a count, not an estimate: every day we pull the current federal listings from the USAJOBS API, keep the ones that allow remote work or telework, and tag each by its occupational category. This page describes one category, General Engineering, which USAJOBS files under series 0801. Civil, mechanical and electrical engineers have their own series and their own hubs, linked below, and their postings are not in these counts. The numbers refresh with each daily rebuild, so they can be different tomorrow.
What general engineering covers
The 0801 series is where engineering work goes when it spans several disciplines or does not fit one specialized series. In practice that makes it the home of systems engineers, program and project engineers, technical directors, test engineers, accident investigators and the “interdisciplinary” announcements that can be filled by a civil, mechanical, electrical or other engineer. The work is largely design review, analysis, requirements, integration, test planning and technical oversight of contractors, and a great deal of it happens at a desk or in a meeting rather than on a shop floor.
The hiring organizations tell the same story. Defense acquisition commands, which buy, test and sustain ships, aircraft and weapons systems, post much of the category’s work, alongside the Army Corps of Engineers, the Federal Aviation Administration and civilian agencies with infrastructure to manage.
Fully remote or telework eligible?
Two tiers decide where you can live. A posting is fully remote when the hiring organization marks it remote on USAJOBS, so the work can be done from an approved location anywhere in the country. A posting is telework eligible when it carries a specific duty station and allows some of the week from home. We never merge the two, because the difference is whether you must live near a particular facility. Here is today’s split across every general engineering posting we hold:
If the fully remote count reads zero or a small number, that is the category’s current posting pattern, not a gap in our data. Engineering work in government is tied to laboratories, shipyards, test ranges, dams and program offices, and even the analytical roles usually need the engineer within reach of the hardware and the team. Telework with a duty station is the arrangement that fits. The remote vs. telework guide explains what a telework agreement does and does not promise.
Which commands and agencies post them
The hiring organizations with the most open general engineering postings in our inventory right now are:
- Naval Sea Systems Command 14 listings
- Naval Air Systems Command 10 listings
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 9 listings
- Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command 6 listings
- Federal Aviation Administration 5 listings
- Missile Defense Agency 5 listings
- Air Force Materiel Command 4 listings
- Veterans Health Administration 4 listings
Each name links to that organization’s hub, which lists every posting we hold for it with its tier, pay and closing date. Across the category, distinct hiring organizations with an open general engineering posting today: 41. The names are the ones USAJOBS uses, so a department appears as its commands and centers rather than as one line. The list shifts as announcements open and close.
The other engineering series
General engineering is one series among many, and an engineer who browses only this hub will miss most of the market. Civil Engineering (0810) holds the structural, geotechnical, hydraulic and construction engineers who plan and oversee dams, levees, highways, airports and military facilities. Mechanical Engineering (0830) and Electrical Engineering (0850) cover machinery, propulsion, power, HVAC and electrical systems, often in shipyards, depots and installations. Engineering Technical (0802) is the technician series: engineering technicians who support engineers with drafting, testing, surveying and data collection, and it does not require an engineering degree. Interdisciplinary announcements are filed under one of these series on USAJOBS, often 0801, so if your discipline’s hub looks thin, check this one too.
What they pay
Advertised pay on general engineering postings we hold currently runs from $34,454 to $228,000 a year, with a typical figure of $132,831. The GS grades advertised span 5–15.
A word on “typical.” A federal announcement advertises a pay range, not a single salary, so for each posting we take the midpoint of its advertised range; the typical figure is the median of those midpoints across every general engineering posting in the inventory. The low and high ends are the edges advertised on any posting, not what most applicants are offered. Postings that publish no usable pay figure are left out of all three numbers.
The grade range counts only postings on the General Schedule, and in this category that is a real limitation. Many Department of Defense engineering organizations pay under demonstration and laboratory pay systems that use broad pay bands instead of GS grades, and the Federal Aviation Administration pays under its own system too. Those postings carry a pay range but no GS grade, so they are in the pay figures and out of the grade range. Read the pay section of each announcement rather than assuming the GS pay scale guide maps directly. The benefits guide shows what the pension, health coverage and retirement match add to base pay.
How fast new ones appear
Posted in the last 30 days: 79 general engineering postings. In the last 7 days: 41. Most recent posting date: Oct 6, 2026.
Set the 30-day figure beside the total at the top of the page and you have the pace. Engineering is a field where direct hire authority is common, so many announcements are “public notices” that stay open for months and collect applicants for several vacancies, while others close within two weeks. A closed posting drops out of our inventory at the next daily refresh.
The degree rule
Professional engineering series in the federal government, 0801 included, carry a positive education requirement. The basic requirement, set by OPM, is a bachelor’s or higher degree in engineering from a program accredited by ABET, or an engineering degree that includes the calculus and the range of engineering science coursework OPM specifies. OPM also provides an alternative for people without that degree: four years of college-level education, training or technical engineering experience, combined with evidence such as current registration as an engineer intern or professional engineer, a passing score on the Fundamentals of Engineering examination, specified engineering coursework, or a degree in a related science together with professional engineering experience. The exact alternatives, and which ones a given announcement accepts, are spelled out in the announcement’s education and qualifications sections, so read that section before you apply. The technician series (0802) has no such requirement, which is why it is the realistic path for people with hands-on engineering experience and no engineering degree.
Above the entry grade, announcements also ask for a year of specialized experience at the next lower grade, and a Professional Engineer license becomes relevant for roles with engineering sign-off authority or senior technical responsibility. Few entry and mid-career announcements require it; some supervisory ones do.
What to check before applying
Security clearance requirements are common because so much of the category’s work is defense acquisition; the level is always stated in the announcement. Confirm the tier and the duty station on every posting, since the duty station decides how close you need to live, your telework terms and your locality pay. Read “This job is open to”, because direct hire announcements are usually open to the public while others are limited to current federal employees or specific groups. The federal resume guide and the application timeline guide cover the application itself.
How to search for these
Start at the General Engineering hub, which lists every open 0801 posting we hold with its tier, hiring organization and advertised pay, refreshed daily from USAJOBS. Then add your discipline’s hub: civil, mechanical, electrical or engineering technical. If fully remote is non-negotiable, the fully remote list is the complete set across every occupation; if an engineering posting is on it, it will be there. If you can live near a federal facility, the telework list adds every telework-eligible posting you would otherwise filter out. Every listing on the site links to the original USAJOBS announcement, which is where you apply and where the degree rule, pay system and clearance requirement are spelled out.