Top Aerospace Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Manage general ledger operations, journal entries, account reconciliations, discrepancy resolution, financial analysis, and month-end and year-end close processes. Collaborate with departments to support accurate financial reporting, identify process improvements, and enhance accounting systems. The role requires strong accounting fundamentals, attention to detail, analytical ability, communication skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Leads enterprise infrastructure service intake and ITSM workflow standardization across eight technical disciplines. The role eliminates triage and handoff bottlenecks, translates business needs into technical requests, creates self-service documentation, tracks operational KPIs, and uses AI to improve request classification and routing. It requires strong infrastructure knowledge, analytical ability, stakeholder management, and at least five years of relevant enterprise IT experience.

Develop and optimize high-performance Android TV interfaces for hardware-constrained set-top boxes. Responsibilities include Kotlin and Java development, Jetpack Compose UI implementation, D-pad navigation and focus management, memory and rendering optimization, observability, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, AI-assisted development workflows, architectural reviews, engineering standards, and technical mentorship.

Participates in a structured rotational IT program supporting digital transformation, enterprise technology, data, process improvement, and project delivery initiatives. Responsibilities include project planning, tracking, reporting, process analysis, documentation, dashboard development, testing, change management, stakeholder communication, data review, automation, prototyping, and translating business needs into technology solutions.

Develops and manages Integrated Master Schedules using critical path, risk analysis, and hybrid Agile/waterfall methods. Tracks program performance, maintains schedule integration, generates metrics and reports, supports audits, and recommends corrective actions. The role guides program managers and engineering leads, prepares executive and customer briefings, and supports schedule forecasting, baseline control, and risk mitigation. Requires experience with Microsoft Project, JIRA, EVM principles, schedule analysis, and program reviews.

Designs electrical system architectures for spacecraft, including power distribution, avionics interfaces, custom hardware, reliability analysis, component qualification, and electrical CAD documentation. Performs power and fault analysis, FMEA, testing, debugging, integration, and verification. Collaborates on harnesses, thermal and mechanical interfaces, EMI/EMC, design reviews, and flight readiness activities. The role is onsite in Centennial, Colorado or Long Beach, California, with occasional travel and potential extended hours during testing.

Leads enterprise risk management across cyber, compliance, program, and supply chain domains. Builds and governs risk programs, maintains enterprise risk registers, calibrates scoring models, establishes risk standards and appetite thresholds, automates monitoring, and advises executives on risk decisions. The role requires translating business objectives into risk methods, briefing leadership, influencing cross-functional teams, and coaching analysts while applying defense-industry regulations and frameworks.

Leads systems engineering for complex spacecraft solutions across the development lifecycle. Responsibilities include requirements derivation, decomposition, allocation, traceability, architecture development, concept of operations, integration, verification and validation, milestone reviews, technical risk management, and performance tracking. The role collaborates with cross-functional engineering teams, ensures compliance with engineering processes, leads technical activities, and mentors less experienced engineers.

Designs, develops, tests, and architects complex flight software for space systems. Responsibilities include writing maintainable code, using Git, conducting code reviews, troubleshooting, documenting software processes, and collaborating on requirements. The engineer will mentor other engineers, provide technical leadership, and apply secure coding, automated testing, CI/CD, and software development best practices.

Leads program quality planning and execution across design, suppliers, manufacturing, and customers. Manages quality requirements, audits, inspections, PPAP submissions, nonconformances, Material Review Boards, corrective actions, and quality risks. Coordinates QA resources, supports lifecycle and phase-gate reviews, mentors junior staff, and serves as the primary customer quality liaison for aerospace and defense programs.

Supports the design, analysis, fabrication, assembly, testing, and verification of spacecraft primary and secondary structures. Creates CAD models and drawings with GD&T, develops and verifies structural requirements, performs basic structural calculations, manages engineering changes and risks, and coordinates with spacecraft subsystems, customers, suppliers, and launch vehicle providers. The role is fully on-site and may involve production, laboratory, cleanroom, and outdoor environments.

Designs, develops, aligns, integrates, and tests optical systems for airborne and space-based applications. Performs hands-on optical hardware and analytical work, validates components, supports procurement, participates in design reviews, and contributes to proposals, RFIs, and white papers. The role is performed primarily onsite and may involve laboratory, cleanroom, production, or outdoor environments.

Leads DevOps, cloud infrastructure, SRE, release engineering, and platform operations across commercial, sovereign, on-premises, and customer-managed environments. Owns platform engineering strategy, Kubernetes infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, deployment orchestration, observability, resilience, and operational reliability. Modernizes fragmented ecosystems, establishes engineering standards and accountability, and leads technical teams supporting mission-critical systems, tactical-edge deployments, disconnected environments, and global operations.

Build and integrate secure AI assistants and chatbots into geospatial intelligence, analytics, visualization, and mission-support applications. Develop LLM workflows using RAG, prompt orchestration, tool calling, and conversation context. Connect AI services to enterprise data sources and APIs while enforcing identity, authorization, provenance, auditing, and safety controls. Deploy and operate services in Kubernetes and OpenShift, including classified or disconnected environments. Evaluate AI quality, security, latency, and usability.

Own ASI’s organic and paid social presence across X, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube. Develop channel strategies, editorial calendars, campaigns, executive storytelling, and technical content for B2B and government audiences. Collaborate with engineering, design, communications, legal, and leadership teams while managing sensitive information, approvals, budgets, targeting, testing, and performance measurement.

Leads the design, development, testing, and qualification of solid rocket motor nozzles, shells, insulators, and interfaces. Translates mission requirements into manufacturable designs, performs design trades and first-order analyses, reviews test data, resolves build issues, and supports production. Collaborates with analysis, manufacturing, test, systems, and supply chain teams while maintaining documentation, schedules, and risk mitigation plans. Provides technical guidance to junior engineers and contributes to scalable, high-rate propulsion manufacturing.

Develops and validates product security solutions for embedded computing systems. Responsibilities include implementing cybersecurity features, applying RMF and A&A processes, defining security requirements, assessing risks and vulnerabilities, evaluating remediation costs, coordinating with engineering and program teams, and ensuring compliance with DoD and government security standards. Requires 25% travel, minimal direction, and an active U.S. TS/SCI clearance.

Deploy and integrate Hivemind autonomy software with maritime platforms worldwide. Support customer deployments, software development, on-water testing, training, demonstrations, debugging, documentation, and maritime system integrations involving controls, sensors, navigation, and communications. Collaborate with customers, sales, and product engineering teams to resolve integration issues and improve products.