Top Engineering Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Analyze, model, and optimize mission performance across space, air, and ground architectures. Develop predictive algorithms and simulation tools, conduct trade-off and sensitivity analyses, derive subsystem requirements, establish performance metrics, and communicate technical findings to leadership and customers. Mentor junior engineers and support technical proposals and business strategy. The role requires on-site work five days per week, collaboration across teams, and an active TS/SCI clearance.

Analyzes and develops satellite propulsion systems, focusing on pressurized fluid dynamics. Responsibilities include orbit dynamics, delta-v budgets, surge and waterhammer estimation, plume impingement modeling, fluid flow modeling, and propellant budget estimation. The engineer may also support propulsion architecture, component and assembly management, testing, and cross-functional product delivery. The role requires on-site work five days per week and collaboration across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Develop tools and algorithms to model, simulate, and analyze mission-system architectures across space, air, and ground domains. Translate complex performance analyses into technical reports, requirements insights, and recommendations for internal and external stakeholders. Support project milestones, proposals, cost and schedule estimation, and customer presentations while collaborating across engineering and business teams. The role is fully on-site and requires an active TS/SCI clearance.

Lead the architecture and ground-up development of next-generation RADAR systems. Own technical roadmaps, architecture trade studies, CONOPS, requirements, verification and validation, and hardware program execution. Lead multidisciplinary teams spanning mechanical, electrical, software, firmware, and test engineering; oversee suppliers, schedules, risks, customer engagement, and executive reporting. Mentor systems engineers, modernize technical processes, and present strategic recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Lead the architecture and development of next-generation RADAR systems, integrating mechanical, electrical, software, firmware, and test engineering teams. Own technical roadmaps, architecture trade studies, customer CONOPS, requirements, verification, risk, subcontractor oversight, and program execution. Present strategic recommendations to senior stakeholders and mentor systems engineers while guiding hardware development through manufacturing, integration, testing, and operational sell-off.

Build automated reliability and self-healing platform tooling to protect production at scale. Improve incident management, reduce alert noise, evolve observability (monitoring, SLOs, performance detection), and develop AI-driven operational automation. Partner with product teams to diagnose reliability gaps, drive incident prevention, and champion operational excellence and best practices across engineering.

Develop and qualify electronics suppliers for PCBA, cable harnesses, box builds, and power systems. Conduct audits, capability and risk assessments, first article inspections, and supplier quality programs. Resolve electronics quality escapes, implement lean improvements, mitigate supply chain risks, and support NPI readiness. Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, test, and program teams while traveling to supplier sites 30–50% of the time.

Develop and qualify aerospace suppliers delivering flight-quality hardware. Lead supplier audits, capability and risk assessments, first article inspections, quality programs, lean initiatives, corrective actions, and dual-source strategies. Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and program teams to align supplier readiness with milestones. The role requires technical drawing and GD&T expertise, aerospace quality and export compliance knowledge, data-driven performance management, and 30–50% travel to supplier sites near Denver or Colorado Springs.

Designs and leads development of scalable enterprise software, distributed systems, microservices, APIs, backend services, batch-processing systems, and data workflows. Provides technical leadership in architecture, integration, cloud development, security, performance, testing, deployment, and modernization. Collaborates with stakeholders and DevOps teams, participates in code reviews, supports production environments, troubleshoots issues, improves reliability, and mentors engineers across distributed teams.

Own and lead the technical direction of a major codebase section while designing, building, testing, documenting, and maintaining secure, scalable API-based decisioning products. Partner with product, engineering, and security teams on agile delivery, troubleshoot production issues, meet SLA requirements, and participate in an on-call rotation.

The role involves support in design, integration, testing, and analysis of satellite ground systems for various customers, emphasizing collaboration and innovation in an Agile environment.

The Senior Principal Engineer will design, integrate, and test ground systems for space vehicles, ensuring effective collaboration, requirements management, and technical solution development while navigating complex challenges.

The Senior Principal Engineer will design, develop, and test ground systems for space operations, managing requirements and providing technical leadership in an Agile environment.

Senior frontend engineer responsible for building responsive, accessible web interfaces using modern HTML/CSS/JavaScript frameworks, consuming RESTful APIs, working in agile teams, and supporting CI/CD and containerization workflows.

Design, build, and deploy modern frontend web interfaces using HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript frameworks, and responsive design. Consume RESTful APIs, ensure Section 508 accessibility, work in agile/SAFe teams, use Git/GitHub, create views in full-stack frameworks, and support CI/CD and containerization practices. Mentor peers and rapidly learn new tools.

Support development and maintenance of automated monitoring, metrics collection, and dashboards. Build Bash automation, manage ELK ingestion and Kibana visualizations, monitor system performance, troubleshoot logs, document processes, and collaborate with admins and stakeholders to deploy and sustain observability solutions for mission systems.

Build and own end-to-end full-stack systems for AI-powered agentic trading across web and React Native mobile. Implement real-time, low-latency UIs and Go backend services, integrate streaming AI/ML features and market data, drive architecture and code quality, and collaborate with AI/ML, design, and product teams to ship production-ready features used by millions.

Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable full‑stack systems. Contribute to API and architecture design, write testable code, debug complex issues, improve performance, automate deployments, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with cross‑functional teams.

Designs and maintains automated test frameworks and exploratory suites for products, APIs, SDKs, AI models, and data platforms. Develops functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, API, browser, load, and reliability tests; creates datasets, evaluation pipelines, dashboards, and CI/CD release gates. Partners across Engineering, Research, Product, Data, and Infrastructure to validate model behavior, data quality, performance, and production readiness. Documents reproducible defects, supports triage, and communicates risks.

Develop fullstack web applications, enhance platform performance, collaborate on high-impact opportunities, and ensure stable, scalable solutions. Engage in rapid iterations and be a committed team player.

Design, deploy, and operate multi-vendor, multi-region hybrid cloud data center networks. Drive automation-first deployments using IaC and scripting, improve deployment quality/velocity, integrate automation into capacity workflows, build visibility/tools, maintain production reliability, and participate in 24x7 on-call rotations.

Develops, tests, deploys, maintains, and debugs software solutions. Designs applications to address business needs, writes code, performs application testing, integrates packaged applications, and prepares technical documentation. The role also supports release management, troubleshooting, software maintenance, and adherence to risk-management practices within PNC’s Technology organization.

Build and operate reliable, scalable cloud infrastructure supporting Webflow products. Lead initiatives that improve reliability, reduce incident and triage load, and optimize cost and performance across multi-region environments. Develop infrastructure automation, modernize services, improve on-call and incident response, collaborate with product engineering teams, participate in design reviews, and mentor junior engineers. The role requires expertise in cloud platforms, containers, infrastructure as code, Cloudflare tooling, distributed systems, and software development.

Design and develop high-performance electrical, computing, sensing, communication, and power systems for fixed-wing aircraft. Lead and contribute to multiple product design cycles involving electrical, mechanical, logic, and software engineering. Ship reliable, high-quality products while navigating development challenges, meeting deadlines, and improving hardware development efficiency, quality, and aircraft reliability.

Develop guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for advanced aircraft in a blue-sky defense project. Responsibilities include vehicle dynamics modeling, flight-control design, simulation, real-world control-system tuning and optimization, and applying modern control theory. The role requires strong aircraft dynamics and handling-qualities expertise, production C++ experience, and MATLAB/Simulink proficiency. Candidates must be able to obtain a Secret clearance and collaborate effectively in a fast-moving engineering environment.