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Marine Corps Infantry Jobs (NOW HIRING)

GENERAL ENGINEER

Quantico, VA ยท On-site

$102K - $158K/yr

You will be involved in the program technical development and oversight of Marine Corps, Department ... Infantry Weapon Systems (i.e., Anti-Armor, Infantry, Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad, Recon ...

Order Filler

Camp Pendleton, CA ยท On-site

$18.60/hr

Kalman & Company, Inc. is seeking Order Fillers for an opportunity supporting the Marine Corps ... Infantry Combat Equipment (ICE) * Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Equipment ...

Order Filler

Camp Pendleton, CA ยท On-site

$18.60/hr

Kalman & Company, Inc. is seeking Order Fillers for an opportunity supporting the Marine Corps ... Infantry Combat Equipment (ICE) * Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Equipment ...

Kalman & Company, Inc. is seeking Order Fillers for an opportunity supporting the Marine Corps ... Infantry Combat Equipment (ICE) * Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Equipment ...

Order Filler

Albany, GA ยท On-site

$15 - $18.25/hr

Kalman & Company, Inc. is seeking Order Fillers for an opportunity supporting the Marine Corps ... Infantry Combat Equipment (ICE) * Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Equipment ...

Order Filler

Camp Pendleton, CA ยท On-site

$18.60/hr

Kalman & Company, Inc. is seeking Order Fillers for an opportunity supporting the Marine Corps ... Infantry Combat Equipment (ICE) * Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Equipment ...

BAE Systems Intelligence & Security division is seeking an All Source Naval/Maritime/Naval Infantry Analyst to join our team in Quantico, VA in support of a Maritime effort for (MAGIC) Marine Corps ...

$65 - $95/hr

Provide supervision and support during the conduct of Infantry Immersion Training, assist unit ... Familiarity with Marine Corps Systems Approach to Training (SAT), scenario development, exercise ...

$70 - $100/hr

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Provide supervision and support during the conduct of Infantry ... Familiarity with Marine Corps Systems Approach to Training (SAT), scenario development, exercise ...

Tactical Trainer

Oceanside, CA ยท On-site

$60K - $70K/yr

Tactical Trainer - Trackless Mobile Infantry Target (TMIT) Camp Pendleton, CA The Tactical Trainer ... Familiarity with Marine Corps training development processes including Instructional * Systems ...

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How much do marine corps infantry jobs pay per hour?

As of Sep 2, 2026, the average hourly pay for marine corps infantry in the United States is $27.86, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $19.47 and $34.13 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a Marine Corps Infantry?

Marine Corps Infantry are specialized military personnel trained to engage in ground combat and carry out missions on land. Their primary responsibilities include seizing and holding terrain, engaging enemy forces, and providing security for other operations. Infantry Marines are trained in a variety of weapons and tactics, and they often operate in challenging environments. They are considered the backbone of the Marine Corps, playing a critical role in both offensive and defensive operations.

What are some common challenges faced by Marine Corps Infantry personnel during their initial assignments?

Marine Corps Infantry personnel often encounter challenges such as adapting to a highly structured and physically demanding environment, maintaining readiness through continuous training, and building strong teamwork under stressful conditions. The role requires effective communication, resilience, and the ability to quickly learn new tactics and procedures. Adapting to frequent relocations or deployments and balancing personal life with service commitments are also common challenges, but strong camaraderie within units helps Marines overcome these obstacles.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Marine Corps Infantry, and why are they important?

To thrive as Marine Corps Infantry, you need physical fitness, tactical proficiency, and completion of basic training and infantry school. Familiarity with weapons systems, navigation tools, and communication equipment is essential. Discipline, teamwork, resilience, and strong decision-making under pressure are critical soft skills for this role. These abilities ensure mission effectiveness, unit cohesion, and personal safety in challenging and dynamic environments.

What is the difference between Marine Corps Infantry vs Marine Corps Combat Engineer?

AspectMarine Corps InfantryMarine Corps Combat Engineer
Primary RoleFrontline combat, tactical operations, and battlefield engagementConstruction, demolition, obstacle clearance, and mobility support
Required SkillsMarksmanship, combat tactics, physical fitnessConstruction skills, explosives handling, engineering knowledge
Work EnvironmentCombat zones, training grounds, field operationsConstruction sites, combat zones, engineering projects
CertificationsBasic Marine training, combat trainingBasic Marine training, engineering and explosives certifications

Both Marine Corps Infantry and Marine Corps Combat Engineers serve vital roles in the Marine Corps, often working closely in combat zones. Infantry focuses on direct combat and battlefield tactics, while Combat Engineers handle construction, demolition, and obstacle clearance. Both roles require physical fitness and specialized training, but their daily tasks and skill sets differ significantly.

What jobs are in the Marine Corps Infantry?

The Marine Corps Infantry includes roles such as Rifleman, Machine Gunner, Mortarman, Assaultman, and Infantry Officer. These positions involve combat operations, weapons handling, and tactical training, often requiring physical fitness and proficiency with firearms and military equipment.
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Infographic showing various Marine Corps Infantry job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 97% Full Time, 2% Part Time, and 1% Contract. Highlights an 98% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 1% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $57,953 per year, or $27.9 per hour.

GENERAL ENGINEER

U.S. Marine Corps

Quantico, VA โ€ข On-site

$102K - $158K/yr

Full-time

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This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.
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Duties
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  • You will serve as an expert and represent the Program Management Office lead engineer, providing critical technical leadership and guidance on a variety of complex and high-impact engineering initiatives and associated programs.
  • You will be involved in the program technical development and oversight of Marine Corps, Department of Navy, and Department of Defense programs, ensuring all project activities align with broader departmental strategic objectives.
  • You will be directly responsible for ensuring the project successfully meets all established technical requirements, a duty that includes your active and consistent participation in comprehensive technical project and design reviews.
  • You will conduct systems engineering with a direct role in test planning, requirements analysis, functional verification, systems analysis, systems control, and the development and delivery of associated systems engineering artifacts.
  • You will coordinate the efforts of technical area experts who are available to provide assistance with the challenging technical aspects of the project and will help the entire team to successfully address all of the technical issues.

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Conditions of employment
  • Must be a US Citizen.
  • Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
  • Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
  • New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
  • Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
  • Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
  • You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
  • You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.
  • This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Functional Area and Tier assigned to the position, along with Continuous Learning (CL) points, are required within established timeframes.
  • This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications
Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or NH-02 pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
1. Expert Knowledge of and demonstrated experience in applying systems engineering principles.
2. Ability to work on a diverse team engaged in Defense Acquisition program management activities.
3. Expert Knowledge of any of the following functional areas:-Communications, Intelligence, and Networking Systems- Ground transportation and Engineering systems (i.e., Expeditionary Power, Motor Transportation)- Information Systems and Infrastructure (i.e., Information Technology, Computing Platforms, Network Services)- Infantry Weapon Systems (i.e., Anti-Armor, Infantry, Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad, Recon, Optics)Combat Equipment and Support Systems (i.e., Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Defense, InfantryCombat/Equipment, Test Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment)- Weapons/Sensors Development/Integration (i.e., MAGTF C2, Air Defense, Radar, Unmanned, Command/Control)-Armor and Fire Support Systems (i.e., Expeditionary Fires Support, Artillery Rocket Systems, Tank, Assault Amphibious)- Command and Control-Information Technology Systems- Counter Improvised Explosive Devices
4. Abitlity to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
Education
A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.
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B. Combination of education and experience college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
1. Professional registration or licensure Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1 , or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
2. Written Test Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professionalregistration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
3. Specified academic courses Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
4. Related curriculum Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not allinclusive.)
Additional information
This position serves within PAE MC, PM Ground Weapon Systems. This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
Several vacancies may be filled.
Recruitment/Relocation expenses reimbursed: Yes-Relocation expenses (i.e. PCS) for candidates outside of the commuting area may be authorized in accordance with applicable travel regulations and Department of Navy Policy.
Relocation incentives as described in 5 USC 5753 may be authorized in accordance with applicable command policy.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf.
Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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