
System Engineer (4015)
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Job overview
Navarro is seeking a System Engineer to serve as a cognizant system engineer and technical authority for assigned systems. The role coordinates configuration management, assesses system health and performance, and provides technical responsibility for plant system operability and maintenance. It also prepares and evaluates design-change packages, troubleshoots system and equipment issues, and supports improvement activities. Electrical and mechanical positions have distinct preferred equipment-knowledge areas.
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Full job description
Navarro Research and Engineering is recruiting a System Engineer in Oak Ridge, TN
Navarro Research & Engineering is an award-winning federal contractor dedicated to partnering with clients to advance clean energy and deliver effective solutions for complex challenges in the nuclear and environmental fields. Joining Navarro means being a part of an exceptional team committed to quality and safety while also looking for innovative strategies to create value for the client’s success. Headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Navarro has active programs in place across the nation for DOE/NNSA, NASA, and the Department of Defense.
Position Summary
As a Cognizant System Engineer/Technical Authority for assigned systems, the subcontractor will do the following: coordinate configuration management activities, assess system health and performance, and provide overall technical responsibility for plant system operability and maintenance activities. Works in conjunction with the Configuration Management program for the assigned system(s). Prepares configuration control/design change packages for tasks; evaluates the impact of proposed changes and/or modifications to approved safety authorization bases for facilities; and performs troubleshooting and improvement activities. Applies the systems and equipment expertise needed to resolve technical system and equipment issues in cooperation with other related disciplines.
Electrical positions requires knowledge of electrical systems with a preferred knowledge in one of the following: manufacturing process equipment, industrial electrical equipment, facility related electrical systems, electromagnetics, electrostatic discharge, and/or lightning protection.
Mechanical positions require knowledge of electro-mechanical systems with a preferred knowledge in one of the following: manufacturing process equipment, industrial mechanical equipment or facility related mechanical systems.
Requirements
ABET accredited Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering and a minimum of 10 years direct experience.
Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearances requirements, US citizenship is required.
Navarro is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, color, national origin, age, disability, veteran’s status, or any classification protected by applicable state or local law..
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Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
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Retirement Plan (401k)
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Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
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Paid Time Off (Vacation & Public Holidays)
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Short Term & Long Term Disability
How this job compares
Set against the 316 open System Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$120–186K/yr145 salary ranges
- US median$25–64/hr95 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 316 open System Engineer jobs across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four System Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 273 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 247 of the 316 open System Engineer jobs (78%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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