Top Aerospace Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Leads configuration management for software and hardware products, ensuring documentation consistency, configuration control, delivery accuracy, and compliance with Boeing and program standards. Maintains CM records, supports change boards, responds to audits and customer inquiries, and manages CDRL and SDRL submission schedules. Reviews supplier and subcontractor data submissions for contractual compliance and timeliness. The role is fully onsite and requires an active U.S. Secret clearance.

Lead satellite systems engineering and operations for 10 on-orbit WGS satellites. Advise customers on satellite and ground command operations, manage technical changes, test software and databases, maintain procedures, run simulations, analyze satellite performance data, resolve anomalies, improve processes, develop engineering tools, and mentor engineers. The role requires occasional compensated on-call support and collaboration with military customers.

Supports operations and engineering for WGS on-orbit satellites and MILSATCOM ground systems. Advises customers on satellite and command-and-control operations, authors procedures and change requests, tests ground software and databases, runs simulations, analyzes satellite performance data, supports anomaly resolution, and provides engineering recommendations. The role is fully onsite, requires occasional on-call support, and requires an active Secret clearance with the ability to upgrade to TS/SCI.

Oversee the full contract lifecycle, including drafting, negotiation, execution, administration, compliance, and recordkeeping. Analyze solicitations, prepare compliance matrices, identify financial and business risks, and negotiate complex commercial and government contracts. Apply FAR, DFARS, and agency requirements while collaborating with legal, procurement, project management, and internal stakeholders. Develop contracting processes, standards, and workflows, and provide expert interpretation of contract terms and conditions.

Leads systems engineering for satellite ground systems supporting a missile defense program. Responsibilities include requirements decomposition and traceability, architecture development, concept of operations, system integration, verification and validation, technical risk management, milestone reviews, and stakeholder coordination. The role focuses on command and control, mission operations, data processing, and communications infrastructure interfacing with space segments, while mentoring engineers and delivering under compressed timelines.

Lead design, development, modification, and evaluation of complex electrical and avionic systems (CD&H, power, control, EWIS). Perform tests and simulations, validate performance, document results, troubleshoot, and provide advanced technical support. Mentor junior engineers, act as technical lead on specialized projects, participate in system integration, V&V, requirements management, and trade studies to guide subsystem architecture decisions.

Develops and qualifies materials and manufacturing processes for aerospace and defense hardware. Responsibilities include material selection, process planning, drawing reviews, laboratory testing, data analysis, failure investigations, root cause and corrective action, supplier requirement flow-down, and cross-functional support for design and production. The role works across offices, laboratories, production floors, and cleanrooms, requiring aerospace materials experience and a DoW Interim Secret clearance.

Structural Engineering Intern supporting analysis of spacecraft, satellites, tactical hardware, and related systems. Responsibilities include stress analysis using closed-form and finite element methods, structural dynamics, loads analysis, engineering reporting, test requirement development, and structural and vibration testing. The role is fully on-site and requires collaboration across engineering teams.

Embedded Software Engineering Intern supporting aerospace, avionics, tactical, and space-based systems. Responsibilities include developing and modifying embedded software, performing requirements analysis, architecture, design, coding, testing, integration, documentation, and collaborating with engineering teams. The role is part of a structured internship program and requires on-site work five days per week.

Own supplier performance for liquid propulsion systems, driving improvements in quality, cost, delivery, and capacity. Lead supplier development, audits, onboarding, corrective actions, non-conformance management, and supplier quality metrics. Provide technical support at supplier sites, review manufacturing processes, support DFM and NPI, and ensure compliance with aerospace quality standards including AS9102 and AS9100. Partner with engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and vendors to reduce risk and improve hardware reliability and manufacturability.

Own supplier performance for solid rocket motor components, improving quality, cost, delivery, and capacity. Lead supplier development, audits, root-cause investigations, corrective actions, nonconformance management, DFM reviews, and supplier NPI. Partner with engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and vendors to ensure manufacturability, reliability, compliance, and production readiness. Provide onsite supplier support and analyze quality and delivery metrics to reduce supply-chain risk. The role requires aerospace-quality expertise, GD&T, AS9102 FAI knowledge, and travel up to 50%.

Build and optimize scalable batch and streaming data pipelines using Python, PySpark, SQL, and Apache Spark on AWS. Develop EMR data processing jobs, lead an Apache Airflow orchestration proof of concept, integrate Amazon Q for data quality and documentation, and implement GitLab CI/CD with infrastructure-as-code. The role emphasizes data governance, security, automation, performance, scalability, and cost efficiency while collaborating in Agile teams and presenting proof-of-concept findings.

Designs and leads enterprise data architecture modernization across cloud and lakehouse environments. Responsibilities include data modeling, Medallion architecture, storage tiering, vector databases, RAG, semantic layers, query and compute optimization, governance, access controls, lineage, integration, and compliance. The role partners with architecture, engineering, and business teams to deliver scalable, secure, highly available data assets and supports AI initiatives.

Own product vision, roadmaps, technical backlogs, and prioritization for core IT front-end applications supporting Dish TV and Sling TV. Collaborate with IT, Operations, Product, and development teams; lead Agile ceremonies; translate business needs into technical requirements; and support project and release management. The role requires 5+ years of product ownership or management experience, Scrum expertise, and familiarity with Jira, ServiceNow, SDLC, and enterprise IT architecture.

Designs and integrates aircraft mechanical systems and components, including installation layouts, subsystem routing, CAD assemblies, engineering drawings, BOMs, and product releases. Applies GD&T, tolerance analysis, and structural calculations while supporting prototype builds, production integration, and issue resolution. Collaborates with avionics, manufacturing, systems engineering, stress, quality, supply chain, and test teams to deliver manufacturable, maintainable, and reliable aerospace hardware.

Architects and manages enterprise security engineering, threat detection, vulnerability assessment, security hardening, incident response, and security policies across cloud, on-premises, and SaaS environments. The role monitors security logs, supports compliance, advises on vendors and implementations, integrates security into the development lifecycle, and participates in on-call and change management activities.

Develop and test low-level flight software for spacecraft computers, integrate GNC algorithms, maintain command and telemetry databases, support spacecraft command sequencing, build subsystem simulators, and create device drivers and communications libraries. The role requires embedded RTOS, safety-critical systems, hardware protocols, C/C++, Python, and eligibility for TS/SCI clearance. This is an onsite position near Denver or Long Beach.

Develop and test flight software for spacecraft computers, integrate GNC algorithms, maintain command telemetry databases, and build simulators, device drivers, and communications libraries. The role includes spacecraft command scripting, ground-software collaboration, code reviews, and flight-software architecture work. Candidates need low-level firmware and safety-critical systems experience, embedded RTOS knowledge, C/C++ proficiency, and familiarity with hardware and networking protocols. This is an onsite position near Denver or Long Beach and requires the ability to maintain or obtain TS/SCI clearance.

Design and deploy production AI systems that transform large-scale geospatial data into actionable intelligence. Build end-to-end ML pipelines, multimodal and reasoning models, experimentation frameworks, synthetic datasets, and scalable inference systems. Collaborate with research, engineering, product, and domain teams while optimizing models for reliability, latency, and cost. Support monitoring, retraining, evaluation, and next-generation Earth AI capabilities.

Manages a product and application security team, develops secure coding programs, integrates security scanning into CI/CD pipelines, analyzes vulnerabilities, supports incident response, conducts threat modeling and security assessments, and mentors engineering teams on secure software development and cloud security practices.

Leads the Platform Authentication and Authorization engineering team, combining people management, technical direction, and delivery accountability. Oversees identity and access services using OAuth 2.0, OIDC, Keycloak, MFA, SSO, federation, and policy enforcement. Guides software architecture, production operations, secure development, compliance, modernization, and cross-functional delivery while developing engineers and promoting responsible AI-assisted engineering.

The Principal Mechanical Engineer will lead a team in conducting structural and vibration analysis, CFD modeling, and collaborate across engineering disciplines for aerospace hardware design and testing.

Leads cross-functional aerospace engineering projects for FAA-certified avionics systems. Responsibilities include defining scope and schedules, managing budgets, risks, technical issues, baseline changes, EVM, certification coordination, customer engagement, proposals, and status reporting. The role requires collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, certification, program management, and business teams while ensuring delivery on schedule and within budget.