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Defense Space industry jobs in Colorado Springs[11 OPEN]

Colorado Springs is the operational heart of military space — US Space Force HQ, US Space Command, Schriever Space Force Base, NORAD, and dozens of defense-space contractors supporting them. The biggest concentration of cleared-engineer roles in the country.

[ OPEN ROLES ]
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[ NEW · 30D ]
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$167K
§ 01OPEN ROLESSORTED BY POSTED · TOP 11
Technical Program Manager, Space Battle Management
Anduril Industries·COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, UNITED STATES·ON-SITE
[SENSOR FUSION][COMPUTER VISION]
$111,000 – $147,000
EXECUTIVE2D AGO
Senior Technical Program Manager, Space Battle Management
Anduril Industries·COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, UNITED STATES·ON-SITE
[SENSOR FUSION][COMPUTER VISION]
$143,000 – $191,000
SENIOR2D AGO
Configuration Manager
Slingshot Aerospace·COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (PREFERRED) OR REMOTE, UNITED STATES·REMOTE
[IMITATION LEARNING]
$120,000 – $170,000
MID4W AGO
Senior Backend Engineer, Space Operations Intelligence & Autonomy (SOIA)
Slingshot Aerospace·REMOTE, UNITED STATES AND COLORADO SPRINGS, CO·REMOTE
[IMITATION LEARNING][PYTHON][KUBERNETES][DOCKER]
SENIOR4W AGO
Software Engineer, Modeling and Simulation, Space
Anduril Industries·COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, UNITED STATES·ON-SITE
[SENSOR FUSION][COMPUTER VISION][PYTHON][DOCKER]
$143,000 – $191,000
LEAD1MO AGO
Senior Ground Software Engineer, Space
Anduril Industries·COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, UNITED STATES·ON-SITE
[SENSOR FUSION][COMPUTER VISION][RUST][PYTHON]
$165,000 – $218,000
SENIOR1MO AGO
Ground Software Engineer, Space
Anduril Industries·COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, UNITED STATES·ON-SITE
[SENSOR FUSION][COMPUTER VISION][RUST][PYTHON]
$143,000 – $191,000
LEAD1MO AGO
Operations Engineer III, Mission Operations
True Anomaly·COLORADO SPRINGS, CO·ON-SITE
[PYTHON][MATLAB]
$105,000 – $170,000
LEAD3MO AGO
Senior DevOps Engineer
Slingshot Aerospace·COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, WASHINGTON DC AREA OR LA AREA·ON-SITE
[IMITATION LEARNING][PYTHON][KUBERNETES][DOCKER]
$136,000 – $180,000
SENIOR4MO AGO
Operation Engineer III, Flight Dynamics
True Anomaly·COLORADO SPRINGS, CO·ON-SITE
[PYTHON]
$105,000 – $170,000
LEAD4MO AGO
Space Surveillance Engineer II
Slingshot Aerospace·COLORADO SPRINGS, CO·ON-SITE
[IMITATION LEARNING][PYTHON][DOCKER]
$127,500 – $212,500
LEAD5MO AGO
§ 02TOP COMPANIES HIRING IN COLORADO SPRINGSTOP 3
§ 03ABOUT COLORADO SPRINGS

Colorado Springs is the operational heart of military space — US Space Force HQ, US Space Command, Schriever Space Force Base, NORAD, and dozens of defense-space contractors supporting them. The biggest concentration of cleared-engineer roles in the country.

§ 04FAQ1 QUESTIONS
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Do I need a clearance to work in Colorado Springs space?
Yes, most roles require TS/SCI. The market here rewards cleared engineers heavily — clearance + 5 years experience can mean $200k+ on contract.
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