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Space Jobs for Mechanical Engineers in Colorado

170 open roles for mechanical engineers at 21 space companies name a site in Colorado, most of them in Littleton and Englewood; typical pay runs $113k–$226k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring mechanical engineers in Colorado

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Lockheed Martin72$137k/yr
Sierra Space17$122k/yr
Blue Origin14$145k/yr
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems11$131k/yr
Ursa Major9$131k/yr
CesiumAstro8$150k/yr
True Anomaly8$153k/yr
Gravitics5$160k/yr
United Launch Alliance5$102k/yr
Lunar Outpost4too few figures
Rendezvous Robotics4too few figures
Loft Orbital2too few figures
Northrop Grumman2too few figures
Orbit Fab2too few figures
ispace1too few figures
Katalyst Space Technologies1too few figures
Moog1too few figures
Redwire1too few figures
Relativity Space1too few figures
Slingshot Aerospace1too few figures
Voyager Technologies1too few figures

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 23:02 UTC

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Which space companies hire mechanical engineers in Colorado?

Today, Lockheed Martin (72 roles), Sierra Space (17 roles), Blue Origin (14 roles), BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (11 roles), Ursa Major (9 roles), CesiumAstro (8 roles), and 15 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in Colorado.

Where in Colorado are the roles for mechanical engineers?

Most are in Littleton (39), Englewood (26), Denver (19), Westminster (16), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for mechanical engineers in Colorado pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $137k/yr, with typical pay from $113k–$226k/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 6,880 mechanical engineers working in Colorado, in any industry, earn a median $124k/yr (BLS, May 2025, the public record).

Do roles for mechanical engineers in Colorado require US citizenship?

Of the 2,087 space postings in Colorado whose text we read, 58% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 63.5% 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 Colorado, 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 mechanical engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.