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Question 1 of 3Hiring now
735
open professional roles
861
opened in the last 90 days
861 in the last 12 months
0%
of roles are remote
17
states hiring
California, Virginia, Massachusetts, Colorado, Alabama, Mississippi
What it hires for: Engineering (553), Operations (98), Finance (31), Legal (20), Data & Analytics (9). By level: senior ic (372), mid level (186), early career (151), manager (114), director (26).
Where: Poway, California (392), San Diego, California (154), Acton, Massachusetts (31), Herndon, Virginia (29), Englewood, Colorado (26), Huntsville, Alabama (25), Poway, CA (24), Acton, MA (17).
Main hubs: Poway, CA (24), Acton, MA (17). Open a city for its job market, layoffs and training.
Where General Atomics ranks
Where General Atomics placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #13Employers with the most engineering jobs349 roles · of 100
- #18Employers with the most senior jobs238 roles · of 100
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)
General Atomics in the industry job lists
Where General Atomics places in our weekly lists of the employers hiring in each industry, kept month by month.
November 2026
- #9Employers with the most open defense and aerospace jobs515 open · of 25
- #15Entry-level defense and aerospace jobs and who is hiring78 entry-level · of 25
General Atomics hiring at a glance
- We have tracked General Atomics's career site since Oct 2026; it has opened 861 professional roles in that time.
- 86 of General Atomics's 546 open roles (16%) are entry-level or early-career.
- 12 open roles (2%) ask for a specific AI skill.
- Of the 34 open roles that state where the work happens, 33 hybrid, 1 on-site.
- Among open roles, 2 require a security clearance and 4 say the employer cannot sponsor a visa.
- 0% of its roles post a salary range, against a median of 18% for Aerospace & Defense employers.
- 48 roles were posted in the last 7 days; the median open role was posted 35 days ago.
- By open professional roles, General Atomics ranks #23 of 299 Aerospace & Defense employers we track.
What General Atomics asks for
Skills named most often in open roles
- procurement 43
- project management 37
- supply chain 28
- logistics 24
- machine learning 24
- sap 20
- budgeting 18
- audit 17
- matlab 17
- agile 16
How General Atomics compares with Aerospace & Defense employers
| Measure | General Atomics | Median employer |
|---|---|---|
| Open professional roles | 546 | 41 |
| Roles that post a salary range | 0% | 18% |
Median across 296 Aerospace & Defense employers with 3 or more open roles. Updated daily.
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Common questions
- Is General Atomics hiring?
- General Atomics has 735 open professional roles on its career site as of the last check. 861 opened in the last 90 days and 861 in the last 12 months. The most common function is engineering.
- Does General Atomics hire entry-level candidates?
- Yes. 86 of General Atomics's 546 open roles (16%) are entry-level or early-career. Entry-level means roughly 0 to 3 years of experience, read from the title, the employer and the full posting.
- Does General Atomics offer remote or hybrid jobs?
- Of the 34 open roles that state where the work happens, 33 hybrid, 1 on-site.
- What skills does General Atomics ask for?
- Across its open roles the skills named most often are procurement (43), project management (37), supply chain (28), logistics (24), machine learning (24), sap (20).
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