Top Aerospace Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Senior technical leader responsible for architecting and guiding embedded hardware for space and defense systems, covering requirements, high-speed mixed-signal PCB design, FPGA and microprocessor development, integration, test, peer reviews, customer/vendor interface, cost account management, and technology roadmap support.

Designs, develops, and integrates electrical ground support equipment hardware and software for satellite assembly, integration, and test. The role defines EGSE architectures and interfaces, develops automated test sequences, conducts RF and phased-array antenna testing, maintains configuration and calibration controls, authors test documentation, resolves anomalies, and scales production test infrastructure. The engineer works hands-on on the production floor and collaborates across systems, avionics, RF, payload, and flight software teams.

Develop and manage vehicle-level and system-of-systems requirements for Blue Origin’s lunar landers. Define interfaces, dependencies, verification plans, and closure products; coordinate with NASA, national team partners, and subsystem teams. Track requirements and verification metrics, support change control and audits, and provide technical leadership to ensure safe, effective human-spaceflight system development.

Lead flight software delivery for Blue Origin’s Lunar Permanence program. Responsibilities include developing delivery plans, tracking technical, cost, schedule, and risk metrics, managing agile execution as scrum master, coordinating scope and schedules with technical leads, reporting status and discrepancies, supporting contracts and statements of work, and ensuring technical product success. The role partners with NASA and Human Landing System national team members to support safe, human-rated lunar spacecraft development.

Leads complex mechanical engineering projects, guides mechanical system design, performs analyses and simulations, mentors junior engineers, reviews technical documentation, and coordinates with stakeholders. The role supports aerospace and defense systems and requires expertise in CAD, mechanical design, manufacturing, simulation, and technical leadership. Occasional travel and the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. security clearance are required.

Oversee integration and performance of multiple large-scale aerospace and defense projects or complex development programs. Lead program and project managers, manage customer relationships, cost, schedules, technical execution, risks, resources, and compliance. Supervise cross-functional teams, resolve issues, coordinate stakeholders, support proposals and audits, and report program status. The role also supports business operations, process improvement, staff development, and strategic program planning.

Leads the design, development, integration, testing, validation, and troubleshooting of electrical and electronic systems for aerospace and defense projects. Responsibilities include circuit card assembly development, aircraft electrical power systems, wiring design, technical documentation, design reviews, safety and compliance analysis, multidisciplinary collaboration, and mentoring junior engineers. The role requires advanced electrical engineering expertise and an active Secret clearance.

Lead frontend development for a satellite-data monitoring application serving defense and intelligence customers. Design and implement React and TypeScript features, guide frontend architecture, contribute to backend APIs, mentor engineers through reviews and technical discussions, and collaborate with product managers and designers. Own feature delivery from discovery through deployment while improving state management, data fetching, component design, testing, and frontend best practices.

Leads digital technology operations at an onsite aerospace facility, serving as the primary escalation point between enterprise technology teams, local leadership, vendors, and production environments. Oversees infrastructure reliability, security, compliance, audit readiness, hosting costs, service-level performance, technology deployments, and maintenance. Coordinates network, wireless, facility, conference room, machine installation, collaboration, telecommunications, and security initiatives while advocating for site priorities and ensuring timely resolution of technology issues.

Build and operate multicloud Kubernetes infrastructure and platform capabilities, including cloud foundations, networking, identity, cluster lifecycle, disconnected deployments, packaging, GitOps delivery, infrastructure as code, observability, upgrades, and incident response. Partner with engineering teams to provide reusable self-service infrastructure primitives across commercial, government, secure, classified, and disconnected environments.

Design and develop high-performance optimization and scheduling systems for complex network-resource allocation problems. Translate network and product requirements into computational models, improve solution quality, runtime, scalability, and explainability, and evolve solver architecture for reliability under increasing complexity and load. The role also involves managing priorities, timelines, deliverables, and maintaining production software.

Design and develop high-performance optimization and scheduling systems for complex network-resource allocation problems. Translate network requirements into computational models, improve solution quality and scalability, and evolve solver architecture for reliability. Responsibilities include managing project priorities, designing, testing, debugging, and maintaining production software. Preferred experience includes numerical optimization, solver development, performance profiling, distributed or cloud computing, and telecommunications or networking.

Own top-of-funnel sourcing for software engineering roles, including backend, frontend, autonomy, and forward-deployed positions. Within the first year, expand into sourcing aircraft talent across propulsion, structures, avionics, manufacturing, and production. Responsibilities include researching candidates on GitHub, writing personalized outreach, building effective searches, managing requisitions, maintaining accurate recruiting data, and partnering directly with hiring managers in a fast-paced defense technology startup.

Owns relationships and growth strategies for 10–12 national or regional accounts. Responsibilities include expanding wallet share, protecting renewals, securing preferred-vendor and specification status, managing pipelines, negotiating terms, coordinating forecasts, introducing products, analyzing customer and competitive data, and collaborating with internal teams. The role requires extensive travel and expertise in key-account sales and the fire alarm/life safety industry.

Design, implement, verify, and debug real-time embedded flight software for spacecraft and space vehicles. Lead architecture and design decisions, develop simulators and automated testing frameworks, perform system-level testing, and support CI efforts. Collaborate with hardware, avionics, guidance, navigation, control, and systems teams. Mentor engineers, review requirements and code, and contribute across multiple Agile programs.

Designs, develops, tests, and troubleshoots electrical components, electronic circuitry, and PCB layouts for new and existing products. Supports new product introduction, EMC compliance, manufacturing testing, root cause analysis, FMEA, vendor evaluation, and production issue resolution. Collaborates with manufacturing and cross-functional teams while ensuring quality, regulatory, reliability, and schedule requirements are met.