Top Aerospace Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Leads annual budgets, forecasts, and long-range financial plans; performs financial analysis and prepares reports and projections for stakeholders. Collaborates cross-functionally to collect and analyze data, supports strategic decision-making, ensures compliance with DoD and government contracting policies, and mentors team members. The role requires expertise in Excel, financial planning, government contracting, labor rate composition, and financial reporting.

Supports verification and validation of aerospace systems and components by planning, executing, and documenting test activities. Develops test plans, procedures, and reports; interprets schematics and service manuals; troubleshoots testing issues; manages requirements and system integration activities; supports non-conformance disposition and quality assurance; and prepares technical analyses while collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Leads complex aerospace test engineering and validation efforts, including test strategy development, automated test frameworks, test scripts, procedures, reports, troubleshooting, and compliance demonstrations. The role drives enterprise testing improvements, uses advanced testing equipment and methodologies, leads cross-functional teams, mentors engineers, and documents technical analyses. Active Top Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship are required.

Leads technical project execution for classified military space environments, managing strategy, budgets, schedules, risks, requirements, compliance, resources, metrics, and stakeholder relationships. Coordinates cross-functional teams, establishes classified program areas, resolves issues, communicates progress to leadership, and supports government and company policy compliance. The role requires on-site work five days per week and may involve travel between campuses and other locations.

Manages cryogenic engineering work scope, cost, schedule, staffing, subcontracts, and earned value performance. Leads cryo-thermal engineers through the design, analysis, verification, and use of flight cryogenic systems and ground support equipment, including cryocoolers, cryoradiators, and dewars. Represents the team in technical decisions, manages priorities and risks, and coordinates with customers and cross-functional stakeholders. The role is fully on-site and may involve work in laboratories, production areas, cleanrooms, and other facilities.

Designs, develops, integrates, and certifies advanced test system software and hardware for ground, airborne, and space applications. Builds Python, LabVIEW, and Ruby applications; develops hardware-in-the-loop systems using NI VeriStand and Simulink; and supports requirements, architecture, automation, networking, and software lifecycle activities. The role coordinates with cross-functional engineering teams, communicates technical status to program management, and supports multiple programs under formal development methodologies.

Supports AI engineering initiatives at Vantor, contributing to spatial intelligence solutions and helping develop technologies that enable customers to understand current and future conditions. The posting provides limited role-specific responsibilities but emphasizes problem-solving, innovation, collaboration, and mission-focused work. Applicants must qualify as a U.S. Person under applicable export control and ITAR requirements.

Own the vision, strategy, roadmap, requirements, and customer value proposition for Vantor’s Operational World Model. Prioritize mission-relevant use cases, define MVP capabilities, align product and engineering teams, and guide delivery across geospatial data, simulation, sensor modeling, and real-time operational services. The role also supports customer demonstrations, proposals, partner engagement, product positioning, and adoption while coordinating stakeholders across product areas, engineering, GTM, government, and industry.

Develop and execute employer brand campaigns targeting talent audiences, including technical and security-cleared professionals. Partner with Talent Acquisition, Marketing, employees, leaders, and subject matter experts to create content and coordinate campaigns across career sites, social media, advertising, email, and recruiting events. Analyze audience, channel, and recruiting data, track campaign performance, prepare updates, coordinate vendors, and recommend improvements to content, channel mix, and investment.

Designs, builds, and deploys classified IT infrastructure for U.S. Government programs through TS/SCI and SAP levels. Responsibilities span facility readiness, power and cooling, rack and cabling design, servers, networks, storage, virtualization, cryptographic devices, physical security, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and RMF/ATO evidence. The role requires extensive hands-on work in SCIFs, SAPFs, data centers, and construction environments, coordination with facilities and contractors, and up to 50% travel.

Leads structural dynamics analysis for spacecraft mechanisms and actuation systems. Develops and validates finite element models; performs modal, vibration, shock, frequency response, and quasi-static analyses; manages disturbance and jitter budgets; supports dynamic testing and FEM correlation; and provides design guidance for spacecraft performance and pointing stability. Collaborates with mechanical, GNC, and systems teams, contributes to reviews and qualification, documents analyses, and mentors junior engineers.

Leads architecture, development, implementation, integration, and verification of real-time DSP systems for space-based RF payloads. Develops algorithms for I/Q processing, beamforming, detection, radar, SIGINT, and signal classification, then implements them on CPUs, FPGAs, GPUs, and embedded platforms. Optimizes systems for throughput, latency, power, and memory; supports hardware integration, testing, commissioning, technical reviews, customer engagements, and cross-functional engineering leadership while mentoring engineers.

Design, build, and support Amazon Connect contact flows, serverless Java/Python microservices, and React agent workspaces. Integrate LLM-powered agent assistance (Bedrock/RAG), secure REST APIs, and implement monitoring and reliability for enterprise contact center solutions.

Leads the optics department and owns the optical performance roadmap for current and future augmented reality systems. Responsibilities include team growth, optical architecture reviews, trade studies, metrology standards, design governance, supplier escalation, program execution, production transition, customer integration, and cross-functional alignment. The role establishes scalable processes, manages optical risks, supports defense and government programs, and partners with the Principal Optical Engineer to balance organizational leadership with technical execution.

Provides technical leadership for advanced radar system development, technology roadmaps, capture strategies, customer engagement, IRAD efforts, intellectual property protection, and cross-divisional technical challenges. The role requires deep expertise in systems engineering, radar architecture, RF design, DSP, modeling, simulation, and product development. It also involves mentoring technical talent, presenting to executives and industry audiences, establishing external partnerships, and supporting business development. Significant travel of up to 30% is required.

Supports WGS ground satellite configuration and control modernization across the product lifecycle. Responsibilities include hardware baseline analysis, rack installation and deployment, requirements derivation and traceability, mission-thread management, cabling, parts ordering, infrastructure interfaces, system integration, sustainment, technical documentation, and risk management. The role is fully onsite in Colorado Springs and requires eligibility for a U.S. Top Secret/SCI clearance and U.S. person status.

Develop and maintain internal full-stack applications using C#/Blazor or Python. Build CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation with GitLab, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Artifactory, and SonarQube. Partner with cross-functional teams to improve software delivery, code quality, security, compliance, and operational visibility. Implement scalable enterprise solutions, infrastructure as code, secure development practices, and DevSecOps workflows.

Lead finance partnership for aerospace and defense business lines, overseeing program finance, FP&A, EAC/ETC forecasting, EVM, long-range planning, pricing, contract economics, and capital planning. Build program-level reporting and financial systems, ensure GAAP/FAR/CAS compliance, and advise executive and engineering leadership. Recruit and lead a high-performing finance organization supporting propulsion program development, production ramp-up, and operational scale.