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Space Jobs for Software Engineers in the Boulder Area

49 open roles for software engineers at 11 space companies name a site in the Boulder area, most of them in Boulder and Longmont; typical pay runs $123k–$254k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring software engineers in the Boulder area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Lockheed Martin14$194k/yr
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems8$159k/yr
Northrop Grumman7$115k/yr
Sierra Space7$103k/yr
Spire Global4$169k/yr
Ursa Major3$140k/yr
Blue Origin2too few figures
Capella Space1too few figures
Impulse Space1too few figures
Iridium1too few figures
Vantor1too few figures

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC

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What people ask about software engineers' work in the Boulder area

Which space companies hire software engineers in the Boulder area?

Today, Lockheed Martin (14 roles), BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (8 roles), Northrop Grumman (7 roles), Sierra Space (7 roles), Spire Global (4 roles), Ursa Major (3 roles), and 5 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Boulder area.

Where in the Boulder area are the roles for software engineers?

Most are in Boulder (31), Longmont (15), Louisville (8), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for software engineers in the Boulder area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $158k/yr, with typical pay from $123k–$254k/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 7,130 software developers working in the Boulder area, in any industry, earn a median $165k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for software engineers here post a median $158k/yr today, 4% below that; our research on levels and pay sets every profession and area side by side, once a day.

Do roles for software engineers in the Boulder area require US citizenship?

Of the 2,072 space postings in Colorado whose text we read, 58.3% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 63.3% 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 Boulder area (the Boulder, CO metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Boulder County), 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 software engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.