Top Tech Jobs & Startup 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.

Leads systems engineering for complex spaceflight electronics, including requirements development, systems analysis, technical baseline management, verification, validation, and design reviews. Collaborates across mechanical, electrical, software, and firmware disciplines; supports program execution, customer interactions, new product development, and proposals. Requires advanced technical judgment and experience delivering aerospace hardware from concept through qualification, production, and customer delivery.

Leads end-to-end PCB layout for advanced space-borne electronic systems using Altium Designer. Designs dense, high-power, high-speed, RF, mixed-signal, and DDR4/DDR5 boards; manages stack-ups, impedance control, routing, thermal performance, manufacturability, documentation, and configuration control. Collaborates across electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and program teams, supports design reviews, prototype builds, troubleshooting, and iterative improvements.

Leads systems engineering for advanced spaceflight electronics, including RF, processing, networking, and data storage systems. Owns systems engineering processes, requirements verification, technical baselines, design reviews, technical trades, and program execution. Provides technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams, supports IR&D and proposals, and contributes to complex aerospace hardware development from concept through qualification, production, and delivery.

Architects, implements, verifies, and integrates high-performance FPGA networking solutions for space-based electronic systems. Designs Ethernet datapaths, packet switching fabrics, routing and queuing logic, protocol offload functions, and high-speed interfaces using AMD Xilinx technologies. Performs RTL coding, simulation, timing closure, board bring-up, system debugging, and documentation. Collaborates with hardware and software teams, supports laboratory validation, and mentors junior engineers serving DoD, intelligence, and civil space customers.

Designs and verifies FPGA-based image, video, sensor-processing, and compression systems for space applications. Responsibilities include adapting MATLAB algorithms, performing fixed-point and word-length optimization, developing VHDL/Verilog RTL and SystemVerilog testbenches, validating hardware against golden models, debugging with FPGA tools, documenting designs, leading reviews, and mentoring engineers. The role focuses on AMD Xilinx FPGA platforms and high-throughput, low-latency processing architectures for DoD, intelligence, and civil space customers.

Leads and develops embedded software engineering teams across multiple programs while providing hands-on technical leadership. Responsibilities include staffing, mentoring, resource allocation, software architecture, development, integration, testing, debugging, lifecycle process improvement, estimates, schedules, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration. The role supports high-reliability hardware-integrated systems and may contribute directly to complex embedded and real-time software development.