Top Aerospace Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Systems Engineering Intern supporting solid rocket motor design, development, manufacturing, and testing. Responsibilities include developing requirements, planning verification and validation, maintaining traceability, conducting reliability and failure-mode analyses, mitigating risks, modeling subsystem data flows, and improving engineering processes and tools. The role collaborates across disciplines and requires initiative, communication skills, and familiarity with systems engineering principles. Experience with solid rocket motors, MBSE, DOORS, or Jama is preferred.

Supports analysis, design, and optimization of aerospace manufacturing processes to improve safety, quality, productivity, capacity, and cost. Responsibilities include factory and line simulation, capacity modeling, production scenario analysis, CAD plant layout updates, standard work documentation, data collection, work instruction updates, and tooling or fixture design. The intern collaborates with shop-floor, planning, engineering, and manufacturing teams.

Provides dedicated administrative and operational support to the President, including complex calendar management, domestic and international travel coordination, communications, meeting preparation, events, and confidential information handling. Coordinates with executive operations and administrative teams to align schedules, logistics, facilities, visitors, and leadership activities. Requires strong organization, judgment, discretion, communication skills, and proficiency with Microsoft 365 and Adobe Acrobat.

Administers and optimizes Shield AI’s talent acquisition and people technology ecosystem, including Ashby ATS/CRM and related HR platforms. Owns configuration, integrations, permissions, data governance, reporting, vendor management, release management, UAT, and compliance controls. Partners with People Technology and cross-functional stakeholders on technology roadmaps and system design. Initially an individual contributor, the role is expected to grow into a player-coach position leading a TA and PX systems team.

Executes manual and automated tests for full-stack software, documents defects in Jira, collaborates with developers and product teams, and supports Agile sprint activities. Maintains manual and automated test scripts using Playwright while contributing to QA standards and processes. The role is a three-month temporary engagement with potential conversion and is conducted onsite in Centennial, Colorado, or Long Beach, California.

Leads digital design for True Anomaly’s website, editorial publication, campaigns, launches, and interactive brand experiences. Develops responsive designs, design systems, prototypes, information architecture, and interaction models from concept through launch. Partners with developers, content teams, marketing, and creative leadership to ensure accessible, performant, high-quality digital experiences. Also directs agencies and creative partners, evaluates post-launch performance, and explores emerging formats such as creative coding, generative design, data visualization, and 3D.

Leads capture management for tactical defense solutions, including identifying and qualifying opportunities, developing customer and industry relationships, shaping technical solutions, assessing markets, forming partnerships, developing proposal strategies, and overseeing proposal preparation and delivery. Requires extensive defense acquisition expertise, proposal leadership, senior-level communication skills, and an active Secret clearance with eligibility for Top Secret.

Develops, evaluates, selects, and documents materials and processes for aerospace, military, and commercial hardware. Plans investigations, analyzes laboratory and environmental test data, reviews drawings, specifies materials and processes, and prepares technical reports. The role involves collaboration with engineering, production, integration, testing, and customer organizations in office, laboratory, production, and cleanroom environments.

Owns the commercial product roadmap and drives subscriber and revenue growth across multiple market sectors. Responsibilities include analyzing market trends and internal data, identifying product opportunities, monitoring performance metrics, leading cross-functional launches, developing executive business cases, coordinating vendors, and using AI-driven analysis to improve product development and market responsiveness.

Performs financial analysis and project controls for government contracts, including budget and funding monitoring, forecasting, variance analysis, invoice and subcontract tracking, project profitability, and financial reporting. Partners with program management, accounting, and contracts teams to resolve discrepancies, support operating plans, maintain Costpoint data, assess contract modifications, and communicate risks and performance trends. The role also supports project setup, portfolio forecasts, client reporting, and process improvements.

Leads strategic finance and business operations by developing investment cases, financial models, forecasts, scenarios, and performance analyses. Partners with executives and cross-functional teams to evaluate investments, track capital spending, identify risks, and improve business performance. Translates complex data into recommendations, dashboards, and presentations, while modernizing finance workflows through automation, AI-enabled tools, and improved planning and reporting processes.

Supports systems engineering across the product lifecycle, including requirements decomposition and traceability, system architecture, milestone artifacts, integration, verification and validation. Identifies technical risks, tracks performance, manages technical baselines, and collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver compliant, cohesive satellite ground systems.

Leads mission design and analysis engineering teams developing spacecraft mission parameters, trajectories, requirements, simulations, and performance assessments. Integrates mission design with systems engineering, requirements management, verification and validation, risk management, and digital engineering. Manages technical teams, budgets, resources, processes, and cross-functional stakeholder relationships while supporting trade studies and spacecraft and ground-system development. Requires extensive mission analysis experience, managerial leadership, and an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Leads systems engineering for satellite ground systems supporting a national missile tracking program. Responsibilities include requirements derivation and traceability, system architecture, concept of operations, integration, verification and validation, milestone reviews, technical risk management, and performance tracking. The role coordinates cross-functional teams, government stakeholders, and subject matter experts while architecting command-and-control, mission operations, telemetry, data processing, and network infrastructure solutions for ground-to-space mission support.

Develops and executes manual and automated tests for augmented reality software systems. Responsibilities include translating requirements into test cases, documenting defects and evidence, troubleshooting Linux-based systems, maintaining CI/CD automated checks, supporting integrated hardware testing and flight test campaigns, and collaborating with software and product teams to improve testability and quality.

Lead technical development of advanced radar and sensor systems, establish technology roadmaps, guide IRAD efforts, and solve complex engineering challenges. Develop capture strategies, engage customers, build external partnerships, protect intellectual property, and represent capabilities through publications and presentations. Mentor engineering talent and provide technical leadership across programs, bids, and divisions. Significant travel of up to 30% is required.

Own product and feature launches, positioning, messaging, go-to-market plans, sales enablement, and technical content. Develop collateral, case studies, thought leadership, vertical-specific messaging, and customer proof points for technical and executive audiences. Collaborate with product, engineering, sales, and design teams while tracking launch adoption, share of voice, and pipeline impact.