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Launch and mission operations in the Denver area

Space Jobs for Mission Operations Engineers in the Denver Area

16 open roles for mission and launch operations engineers at 9 space companies name a site in the Denver area, most of them in Broomfield and Littleton; typical pay runs $139k–$245k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

Space companies hiring mission and launch operations engineers in the Denver area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems4$159k/yr
Lockheed Martin3$169k/yr
Blue Origin2too few figures
Sierra Space2too few figures
CesiumAstro1too few figures
Loft Orbital1too few figures
Lunar Outpost1not stated
Rocket Lab1too few figures
True Anomaly1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • Broomfield4
  • Littleton4
  • Denver3
  • Centennial2
  • Golden2
  • Westminster2

Kinds of work

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 22:03 UTC

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What people ask about mission and launch operations engineers' work in the Denver area

Which space companies hire mission and launch operations engineers in the Denver area?

Today, BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (4 roles), Lockheed Martin (3 roles), Blue Origin (2 roles), Sierra Space (2 roles), CesiumAstro (1 role), Loft Orbital (1 role), and 3 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Denver area.

Where in the Denver area are the roles for mission and launch operations engineers?

Most are in Broomfield (4), Littleton (4), Denver (3), Centennial (2), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for mission and launch operations engineers in the Denver area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $159k/yr, with typical pay from $139k–$245k/yr; 63.1% 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).

Do roles for mission and launch operations 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 mission and launch operations engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.