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Space Jobs for Software Engineers in the Colorado Springs Area

60 open roles for software engineers at 12 space companies name a site in the Colorado Springs area, most of them in Colorado Springs and Schriever AFB; typical pay runs $122k–$224k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring software engineers in the Colorado Springs area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Northrop Grumman17$130k/yr
Lockheed Martin10$172k/yr
KBR8$133k/yr
L3Harris7$139k/yr
Anduril5$192k/yr
Boeing3$117k/yr
Booz Allen Hamilton3$142k/yr
CACI2too few figures
Vantor2too few figures
The Aerospace Corporation1not stated
Amentum1not stated
Parsons1too few figures

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Which space companies hire software engineers in the Colorado Springs area?

Today, Northrop Grumman (17 roles), Lockheed Martin (10 roles), KBR (8 roles), L3Harris (7 roles), Anduril (5 roles), Boeing (3 roles), and 6 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Colorado Springs area.

Where in the Colorado Springs area are the roles for software engineers?

Most are in Colorado Springs (55), Schriever AFB (3), Peterson AFB (2), 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 Colorado Springs area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $139k/yr, with typical pay from $122k–$224k/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 4,850 software developers working in the Colorado Springs area, in any industry, earn a median $134k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for software engineers here post a median $139k/yr today, 3.5% above 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 Colorado Springs area 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 the Colorado Springs area (the Colorado Springs, CO metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: El Paso and Teller 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 software engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.