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Space Jobs for Systems Engineers in the Denver Area

259 open roles for systems engineers at 19 space companies name a site in the Denver area, most of them in Littleton and Denver; typical pay runs $131k–$270k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring systems engineers in the Denver area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Lockheed Martin154$169k/yr
Blue Origin20$157k/yr
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems17$131k/yr
Sierra Space14$141k/yr
CesiumAstro13$147k/yr
True Anomaly7$163k/yr
Northrop Grumman5$126k/yr
Redwire5$148k/yr
United Launch Alliance5$109k/yr
Vantor4$135k/yr
RTX3$156k/yr
Loft Orbital2too few figures
Lunar Outpost2too few figures
Quindar2too few figures
SEAKR Engineering2too few figures
Albedo1too few figures
Katalyst Space Technologies1too few figures
LeoLabs1too few figures
Loft Federal1too few figures

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Open space roles for systems engineers in the Denver area, newest first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 13:02 UTC

The 100 newest of 259; each employer's page above lists all of its roles.

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Which space companies hire systems engineers in the Denver area?

Today, Lockheed Martin (154 roles), Blue Origin (20 roles), BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (17 roles), Sierra Space (14 roles), CesiumAstro (13 roles), True Anomaly (7 roles), and 13 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Denver area.

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

Most are in Littleton (144), Denver (30), Westminster (26), Highlands Ranch (22), 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 Denver area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $150k/yr, with typical pay from $131k–$270k/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 Denver 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 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 systems engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.