Top Mechanical Engineering Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Leads cross-functional mechanical subsystem projects from concept through hardware delivery, managing cost, schedule, technical requirements, risks, and team accountability. The role supports spacecraft structures, payload structures, mechanisms, antennas, or mechanical ground support equipment. Responsibilities include developing estimates and schedules, monitoring performance, guiding technical decisions, coordinating stakeholders, and maintaining productive working relationships across the organization.

Leads cross-functional engineering teams through spacecraft and aerospace subsystem projects from concept through hardware delivery. Manages cost estimates, schedules, technical requirements, risks, opportunities, and team accountability. Requires strong system-level thinking, communication, decision-making, and leadership skills. Preferred experience includes subcontract management, EVMS, multiple subsystem types, and transitioning programs from prototype to full-rate production.

Leads cross-functional mechanical engineering teams through spacecraft and payload subsystem projects from concept through hardware delivery. Manages cost estimates, schedules, technical requirements, risks, opportunities, and team accountability. The role requires system-level thinking, leadership, communication, and decision-making across project lifecycles. Preferred experience includes subcontract management, EVMS, multiple subsystem types, and transitioning programs from prototype to full-rate production.

Leads cross-functional mechanical engineering projects from concept through hardware delivery for spacecraft and payload subsystems. Manages cost estimates, schedules, technical requirements, risks, opportunities, team accountability, and project milestones. Requires strong system-level thinking, communication, decision-making, and leadership skills, along with engineering experience in aerospace or related technical work. The role is fully on-site and requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph clearance.

Leads cross-functional mechanical engineering teams through spacecraft and payload subsystem projects from concept through hardware delivery. Manages cost estimates, schedules, technical requirements, risks, opportunities, and team accountability. Coordinates requirements across projects and supports prototype-to-production ramps, subcontractor management, and EVMS activities. The role is performed on-site and requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph-enabled clearance.

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.

Supports senior engineers in developing, analyzing, designing, testing, and evaluating mechanical and electrical solar array systems. Conducts qualification test campaigns, analyzes data, resolves routine technical issues, and prepares technical reports and documentation. Collaborates with cross-functional teams, communicates technical information clearly, and contributes to new space-based solar array technologies.

Leads spacecraft and ground-based harness architecture, mechanical and electrical design, component selection, routing, analysis, integration, testing, and anomaly resolution. Establishes design standards, interfaces, and verification practices while ensuring compliance with aerospace workmanship and environmental requirements. Provides technical authority, leads design reviews and MRB investigations, mentors engineers, supports strategic decisions, and drives process improvements across complex space missions.

Supports supplier quality and delivery for mechanical components and assemblies in an aerospace and defense supply chain. Responsibilities include managing suppliers, investigating nonconformances, overseeing corrective actions, conducting supplier evaluations and on-site assessments, reviewing technical documentation, and collaborating with Supply Chain and Engineering. The role requires use of QMS, MRP, PDM, and supplier performance databases, with training provided for this entry-level position.

Designs and develops mechanical and thermal hardware, electronics enclosures, production tooling, and related solutions. Creates test plans and validates tolerances, form, fit, function, shock, vibration, EMI, safety, reliability, acoustics, and thermal performance. Collaborates with internal and outsourced engineering partners to deliver reliable, cost-effective mechanical designs for moderately complex products.

Designs and develops precision mechanical, optical, and electromechanical systems from early prototypes through production. Responsibilities include requirements definition, CAD drawings, GD&T, tolerance analysis, FEA and CFD, prototyping, design reviews, verification testing, supplier coordination, DFM/DFA, and troubleshooting. The role collaborates cross-functionally to improve product reliability, manage development schedules, and create technical documentation for AR-based synthetic air combat training products.

Designs and analyzes mechanical components and interfaces for RF electronic systems, antennas, phased arrays, and related aerospace or defense hardware. Responsibilities include CAD modeling, documentation, performance analysis, risk mitigation, testing support, schedule inputs, subcontract technical management, and sustaining engineering. The role collaborates across disciplines in integrated program teams and may support manufacturing, qualification, and production activities. It is an on-site position requiring a bachelor’s degree, related experience, and eligibility to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.

Supports mechanical design and development of RF electronic and antenna systems across airborne, ground, maritime, and space platforms. Responsibilities include CAD modeling, design analysis, requirements allocation, interface definition, risk mitigation, testing, schedule support, subcontractor management, and sustaining engineering. The role is fully on-site and may involve production, laboratory, cleanroom, and field environments. A Secret clearance must be obtainable and maintainable.

Supports mechanical design and development of RF electronic systems, including CAD modeling, requirements allocation, interface definition, performance analysis, risk mitigation, testing, and sustaining engineering. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to meet hardware delivery milestones, schedules, costs, and technical requirements. The role may involve subcontract management, production support, design for manufacturing and test, and work in office, laboratory, production, or cleanroom environments.

Leads mechanical systems engineering for satellite programs, including architecture, requirements, interface control, integration, verification, testing, mass properties, nonconformance resolution, and flight hardware support. Coordinates structural, thermal, mechanism, and propulsion subsystem integration while advising technical leadership on system-level risks. Drives mechanical design from concept through production and flight test, supports manufacturing and operations, and improves engineering workflows and digital engineering practices.

Lead composite structures and thermal protection system engineering for reusable reentry vehicles. Responsibilities include design, analysis, fabrication drawings, process specifications, vendor management, material qualification, testing, hands-on hardware build support, nonconformance investigations, and refurbishment planning. The role covers composite laminates, sandwich structures, bonded joints, TPS installation, inspection, repair, and flight hardware production.

Design and develop complex electromechanical products from concept through production. Responsibilities include requirements definition, mechanical design, engineering analysis, documentation, prototype and first-article testing, vendor coordination, regulatory considerations, and collaboration with industrial design and UX teams. The engineer will work with molded, sheet metal, and machined components while supporting project activities in a fast-paced product development environment.

Leads complex mechanical engineering assignments involving custom equipment, gloveboxes, hot cells, containment systems, and remotely operated mechanisms for hazardous materials. Performs independent design, analysis, reviews, specifications, testing, documentation, site investigations, and customer coordination. Supports proposals, technical studies, project planning, and compliance with engineering standards. May train engineers or supervise project teams while managing technical, schedule, cost, and performance responsibilities.

Design and support natural gas transmission, compression, storage, and processing facilities. Responsibilities include equipment specifications, hydraulic analyses, PFDs and P&IDs, compressor and pump evaluations, pressure vessel and piping design, proposal estimating, quality control, technical analyses, project coordination, and construction support. The role collaborates with multidisciplinary teams and clients, ensures compliance with industry codes, and may require occasional field travel.

Design mechanical systems for commercial buildings, perform load calculations and code research, coordinate with engineers, administrators, and drafters, and conduct periodic job site observations. The role requires a bachelor's degree in mechanical or architectural engineering, with consulting or MEP design experience preferred. Candidates will apply engineering principles independently while collaborating with project managers and internal teams.

Designs and develops mechanical components, assemblies, structures, and spacecraft hardware from concept through manufacturing, testing, qualification, and in-orbit support. Performs thermal, structural, vibration, tolerance, and FEA analyses; creates CAD models, drawings, bills of materials, and technical documentation; supports testing, root-cause investigations, design reviews, manufacturing, quality, and supply-chain collaboration. Requires strong communication and expertise in electronics packaging, CNC manufacturing, EMI/EMC mitigation, and mechanical design validation.

Designs and analyzes mechanical systems for aerospace and airborne communication products through concept, detailed design, simulation, manufacturing, testing, qualification, and field support. Responsibilities include electronics packaging, thermal management, vibration and stress analysis, FEA, EMI/EMC mitigation, GD&T, aircraft integration, and environmental qualification. The role also presents design reviews, supports proposals, and collaborates with electrical engineers, manufacturing teams, customers, and leadership.

Provides technical leadership for HVAC and mechanical system design across healthcare, higher education, mission-critical, and commercial facilities. Leads system concepts, calculations, equipment selection, energy and decarbonization strategies, documentation, controls sequences, building surveys, and construction administration. Performs QA/QC reviews, mentors engineers and designers, develops reports and specifications, supports clients and contractors, and contributes to design-process improvements.

Designs, analyzes, and optimizes mechanical systems and hardware for space applications. Supports study-level design, structural analysis, payload accommodation, CAD modeling, interface resolution, requirements translation, trade studies, supplier evaluation, and technical documentation. Collaborates cross-functionally on aerospace integration and must be eligible for a Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Develops and improves configurable luminaire products from concept through production. Responsibilities include CAD design, engineering drawings, design evaluations, product improvements, cross-functional collaboration, historical data analysis, technical documentation, safety and compliance adherence, and support for special projects. The role requires mechanical design proficiency, SolidWorks expertise, knowledge of design for manufacture and assembly, and familiarity with project management and stage-gate processes.