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Space Jobs for Data Scientists in the Denver Area

32 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers at 10 space companies name a site in the Denver area, most of them in Denver and Littleton; typical pay runs $115k–$303k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring data scientists and machine learning engineers in the Denver area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
True Anomaly10$198k/yr
Lockheed Martin9$108k/yr
Blue Origin3$188k/yr
CACI3$127k/yr
Muon Space2too few figures
Loft Orbital1too few figures
Northrop Grumman1too few figures
Planet1too few figures
Sierra Space1too few figures
Vantor1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • Denver16
  • Littleton8
  • Aurora5
  • Centennial1
  • Golden1
  • Westminster1

Kinds of work

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What people ask about data scientists and machine learning engineers' work in the Denver area

Which space companies hire data scientists and machine learning engineers in the Denver area?

Today, True Anomaly (10 roles), Lockheed Martin (9 roles), Blue Origin (3 roles), CACI (3 roles), Muon Space (2 roles), Loft Orbital (1 role), and 4 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Denver area.

Where in the Denver area are the roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers?

Most are in Denver (16), Littleton (8), Aurora (5), Centennial (1), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers in the Denver area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $177k/yr, with typical pay from $115k–$303k/yr; 93.2% of Colorado's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Colorado's law has required every employer with at least one employee in Colorado to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2021 (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 4,510 data scientists working in the Denver area, in any industry, earn a median $113k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers here post a median $177k/yr today, 57.3% above that; our research on levels and pay sets every profession and area side by side, once a day.

Do roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers in the Denver area require US citizenship?

Of the 533 space postings in Colorado whose text we read, 74.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 59.7% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in the Denver area (the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson and Park counties), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for data scientists and machine learning engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.