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Space Jobs for Systems Engineers in the Boulder Area

48 open roles for systems engineers at 8 space companies name a site in the Boulder area, most of them in Boulder and Louisville; typical pay runs $113k–$249k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring systems engineers in the Boulder area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems19$131k/yr
Lockheed Martin12$147k/yr
Sierra Space7$171k/yr
Northrop Grumman6$143k/yr
Blue Origin1too few figures
Impulse Space1too few figures
Millennium Space Systems1too few figures
Ursa Major1too few figures

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC

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Which space companies hire systems engineers in the Boulder area?

Today, BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (19 roles), Lockheed Martin (12 roles), Sierra Space (7 roles), Northrop Grumman (6 roles), Blue Origin (1 role), Impulse Space (1 role), and 2 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Boulder area.

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

Most are in Boulder (33), Louisville (12), Longmont (4), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

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

The roles here that state pay post a median $143k/yr, with typical pay from $113k–$249k/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).

Do roles for systems 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 systems engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.