Top Design Engineer Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Design and optimize active and passive photonic components and detector-integrated circuits for cryogenic platforms. Responsibilities include electromagnetic simulation, photonic layout, DRC verification, foundry tapeouts, PDK and component-library development, and collaboration with test, packaging, and systems teams to validate cryogenic performance.

Designs and develops hardware test boards and platforms for high-speed electro-optical device characterization in R&D and manufacturing environments. Performs laboratory testing, analog design and debugging, test-system development, hardware bring-up, and firmware development for microcontrollers. Supports System-on-Chip optical engine development and interfaces with vendors. Preferred experience includes power supply design, advanced PCB stack-ups, optical instrumentation, automated measurements, and coherent optical communications.

Performs mechanical design, analysis, and fabrication support for complex manufacturing projects. Creates 3D models, 2D drawings, P&IDs, calculations, and NQA-1 documentation. Coordinates with manufacturing for DFM/DFA, supports procurement, develops production travelers, and oversees factory/site acceptance testing and installations. May lead small teams and contribute to standards, estimating, and continuous improvement.

Design and develop fluid and propulsion hardware for a human-rated lunar lander across conceptual design, CAD modeling, manufacturing, assembly, verification, testing, and operations. Own engineering artifacts and model-based designs, lead design-for-manufacturability efforts, perform structural analysis, coordinate with manufacturing and operations, support hardware installation, and mentor entry-level engineers.

Leads DFM and DFA analysis for complex PCB assemblies, develops manufacturing rule sets, reviews fabrication and assembly data, and collaborates with manufacturing, quality, engineering, and customers. Designs high-density multilayer PCB layouts from schematics using industry-standard CAD tools, creates manufacturing deliverables, maintains libraries and design standards, and supports continuous improvement across a global electronics manufacturing organization.

Leads complex industrial water and wastewater process design projects from planning through commissioning and startup. Develops process flow diagrams, water and mass balances, treatment solutions, alternatives analyses, and testing programs. Coordinates multidisciplinary teams, supports scope, schedule, budget, and client relationships, and contributes to practice growth. Requires engineering expertise across industrial sectors, a Colorado PE license, and occasional site or office travel.

Develops detailed audiovisual system designs, including signal flows, schematics, rack layouts, networked AV solutions, technical drawings, and bills of materials. Collaborates with sales, project managers, architects, clients, and engineering teams to refine requirements and support implementation. Conducts design reviews, quality checks, troubleshooting, system validation, and value engineering while ensuring designs meet project scope, budget, standards, and client expectations.

Supports senior engineers with the analysis, design, and evaluation of mechanical systems, components, propulsion, structures, and environmental systems. Collects and analyzes data, resolves routine technical problems, prepares technical documentation, and communicates findings. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to meet project goals and deadlines. Requires a related bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 0–2 years of experience.

Build and ship interactive creative and engineering tools using React and TypeScript. Design core interactions, visual systems, motion behavior, accessibility, and performance-focused UI. Partner with internal users to iterate on features, contribute to design systems, review code and designs, and bridge design and engineering. The role requires strong visual craft, interaction design expertise, production engineering skills, and experience delivering complex editors or interactive platforms.

Develop and lead RF, SerDes, and mm-wave integrated circuits from architecture and simulation through silicon validation. Responsibilities include RF and analog IP design, layout guidance, characterization strategy, PCB development, RF and system-level measurements, competitive benchmarking, technology collaboration, productization, and university research liaison activities.

Leads the design, optimization, and validation of free-space optical communication systems for Blue Origin’s Sunrise satellite constellation. Responsibilities include PAT algorithms, optical link budgets, end-to-end communications pipelines, component integration, modeling, test infrastructure, laboratory and over-the-air testing, spacecraft integration, documentation, and leadership of multidisciplinary hardware and software teams.

Designs, analyzes, qualifies, and documents solid rocket motor structures and propulsion components. Leads clean-sheet design, development campaigns, prototyping, testing, troubleshooting, requirements verification, and design reviews. Creates CAD models and drawings, manages design risks and schedules, supports production scalability and supply-chain planning, resolves hardware discrepancies, and mentors engineers. Requires expertise in solid propulsion, additive manufacturing, structural mechanics, and aerospace design, plus eligibility for a Secret clearance.

Designs complex spacecraft components and subsystems, producing detailed CREO models, specifications, and manufacturing drawings. Leads trade studies and performs structural, thermal, and tolerance analyses to validate hardware. Collaborates with analysis, manufacturing, and electrical engineering teams to deliver producible spacecraft hardware. The role supports full design, testing, iteration, and product lifecycle execution, with emphasis on GD&T, manufacturability, and high-accountability technical leadership.

Leads the full lifecycle design and development of liquid rocket combustion devices, including injectors, thrust chambers, regenerative cooling circuits, nozzles, and acoustic stability features. Performs combustion, thermal, structural, and performance analysis; applies additive manufacturing and high-temperature materials; reviews CAD and GD&T drawings; interprets test data; supports build, integration, qualification, and flight delivery; and mentors engineers.

Design and verify RF circuits, signal chains, oscillators, distribution networks, and multi-GSPS digitizer assemblies for space vehicle communications and signal analysis. Perform RF analysis, laboratory measurements, troubleshooting, PCB layout support, technical documentation, design reviews, and presentations. Collaborate across engineering teams, support concurrent projects, improve development processes, and mentor less experienced RF engineers.

Designs and implements high-performance RTL for PCIe switch and enterprise storage products. Responsibilities include architecture analysis, microarchitecture development, Verilog/SystemVerilog implementation, timing closure, RTL optimization and debugging, cross-functional collaboration with verification and engineering teams, and silicon validation support. The role is fully onsite and requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering or computer science field plus at least five years of industry experience.

Designs and develops digital, analog, mixed-signal, FPGA, RF, LiDAR, antenna, power, and control hardware for aerospace and defense systems. Responsibilities span circuit modeling, simulation, PCB collaboration, prototype development, laboratory and environmental testing, qualification, troubleshooting, and system integration. The engineer translates system requirements into hardware architectures and develops ruggedized designs for demanding tactical environments, collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Designs mechanical and electromechanical test fixtures, tooling, and related hardware for optical networking products. Responsibilities include CAD modeling, engineering drawings, BOMs, configuration-controlled documentation, engineering analysis, tolerance studies, fabrication support, assembly, troubleshooting, validation, and deployment. The role collaborates with engineers, technicians, suppliers, and manufacturing partners to deliver reliable, manufacturable solutions throughout the product development lifecycle.

Design and verify analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, including power-management and sensor IPs, using transistor-level and behavioral modeling tools. Responsibilities include circuit architecture, custom layout oversight, simulation, extraction, package and test-board review, lab characterization, debugging, production-test development, and documentation. The engineer may lead small design teams and collaborate with analog, digital, package, layout, and test engineers.

Supports aftermarket overhaul and repair projects for Sundyne pumps and compressors. Responsibilities include customer and channel-partner technical support, troubleshooting, failure analysis, repair package development, job routing and status tracking, part compatibility, component design, proposal support, purchase-order review, and cross-functional coordination. The role is onsite in Colorado, manages multiple priorities, and may require less than 5% travel.

Supports aftermarket overhaul and repair orders for pumps and compressors by providing technical customer support, troubleshooting, failure analysis, repair packages, component selection, and engineered solutions. Coordinates job routings through manufacturing, reviews purchase orders, supports proposals and quotations, communicates status, and manages multiple customer projects. Requires collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, sales, and customer teams, with less than 5% travel.

Lead the architecture, hydraulic design, documentation, integration, manufacturing readiness, controls coordination, and commissioning of liquid-cooling and mechanical distribution systems for modular AI data centers. Own P&IDs, calculations, equipment and valve schedules, interfaces, standards, and performance validation. Collaborate with thermal, electrical, controls, manufacturing, commissioning, supply chain, OEM, and field teams to create scalable, serviceable, repeatable systems for deployment across multiple sites.

Designs, tests, and improves mechanical pump and compressor equipment. Responsibilities include pump calculations, CAD modeling, manufacturing drawings, bills of material, nonconformance resolution, quality documentation, testing, troubleshooting, design-for-manufacturing improvements, new product development, cost reduction, and project leadership. The engineer also supports equipment maintenance, trains technicians, and occasionally travels to customer or supplier sites.

Designs, tests, and improves mechanical pump and compressor equipment. Responsibilities include pump calculations, CAD modeling, assembly and manufacturing drawings, bills of material, testing, troubleshooting, nonconformance resolution, quality documentation, manufacturing process development, continuous improvement, cost reduction, and new product development. Leads projects involving budgets and schedules, supports technicians, and occasionally travels to customer or supplier sites.

Leads mechanical design, kinematic and structural analysis, integration, material selection, testing, and verification of movable thrust-vectoring nozzles for solid rocket motors. Coordinates EMA and sensor suppliers, presents technical maturity and risk data at program milestones, and supports static and flight-test qualification. Requires extensive rocket propulsion and movable nozzle/TVC experience, advanced CAD and FEA familiarity, and eligibility for a DoD Secret clearance.