400+ Engineering & Science Jobs in Denver, CO

Observed local wage anchors are solid but not uniform: BLS puts Denver architecture and engineering mean pay at $54.87/hour, while mechanical engineers show a median around $109,900 with a 25th-to-75th percentile range of about $89,800 to $133,500. Proxy posting data skews higher, with local posted salary ranges centered on about $126k to $175k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows a Colorado mean offered salary on new openings of about $111,954 in July 2026 (n=939).

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Advertised pay

Across the 402 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $90,132 at the 25th percentile, $113,300 at the median and $142,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is still a worthwhile market, but it is not an easy one. Architecture and engineering jobs make up 2.7% of Denver-area employment versus 1.7% nationally, and Colorado-wide Engineering & Scientific employment was up 2.2% year over year in July 2026 while postings were up 28.3%. At the same time, Denver metro total nonfarm employment slipped by 1.4 thousand on a three-month average basis in April 2026, so employers have room to be selective. The result is a market that favors candidates with a clear specialty, especially in defense, systems, and AEC-adjacent work, rather than generalist applicants.

Best positioned: Your odds are best if you have 5+ years of experience, can work on-site or hybrid, and can show direct fit in systems engineering, requirements, Python, AutoCAD/Revit, or project-led technical delivery.

Main caution: Do not confuse strong salary headlines with broad access: only about 5% of sampled openings were entry level, only about 5% were remote, and less than 5% of postings that disclose policy mentioned visa sponsorship.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 441 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Lockheed Martin Corporation: 42 open roles
2. WSP Global Inc.: 25 open roles
3. CesiumAstro, Inc.: 17 open roles
4. Burns & McDonnell: 16 open roles
5. Westwood Professional Services, Inc.: 15 open roles
6. Sargent & Lundy: 11 open roles
7. IMEG Corp.: 10 open roles
8. Sierra Nevada Corp: 10 open roles
9. Jacobs Engineering Group: 8 open roles
10. Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.: 8 open roles

Where the openings are

• Denver: 130
• Westminster: 39
• Littleton: 36
• Broomfield: 35
• Englewood: 31
• Greenwood Village: 25
• Lakewood: 23
• Centennial: 19

Work arrangement

on-site 310 (72%), hybrid 99 (23%), remote 20 (5%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in a few linked clusters, not evenly spread across all engineering and scientific subfields. In the local sample, more than 950 postings appeared across more than 350 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The heaviest industry mix sits in aerospace & defense at about 30%, another aerospace and defense bucket at about 15%, then technology, defense, and engineering at about 10% each. That matters because the market rewards people who can speak the language of a specific operating environment. The named employer list is led by Lockheed Martin Corporation, Sierra Space Corporation, Deloitte, Northrop Grumman, Anduril Industries, Inc., BAE Systems, Inc, Slalom, and RTX. Boeing also had 10 engineering jobs posted in Aurora in late July, and BRPH opened a Denver office in April 2026, which supports continued local activity in both defense-heavy and AEC-adjacent lanes.

• Aerospace & defense systems (high): This is the clearest local concentration, with aerospace & defense accounting for about 30% of sampled postings and another aerospace and defense bucket about 15%; systems engineering, Python, requirements management, and risk skills line up well here.
• AEC, civil, and architecture-linked work (moderate): AutoCAD and Revit each show up in about 10% of local skill mentions, BRPH opened a Denver office in April 2026, and Colorado's heavy and civil engineering construction base added 21,100 jobs since July 2025.
• Technical consulting and program delivery (moderate): Project management appears in about 15% of local skill demand, and consulting-oriented employers such as Deloitte and Slalom are among the more active local names.

Where to focus: If you have to choose one lane, focus first on defense and space-adjacent systems work, then use AEC/civil roles as a second lane if you can show AutoCAD/Revit fluency or PE-track credibility.

Roles worth searching next

• Construction project coordinator or estimator: Civil, architecture, and mechanical candidates can reuse drawings, schedules, vendor coordination, and site-context knowledge, and the broader Denver technical trades family still showed more than 3,400 postings while Colorado heavy and civil engineering construction added 21,100 jobs since July 2025.
• Field service or commissioning specialist: Mechanical and electrical candidates can translate troubleshooting, documentation, and equipment knowledge into a more accessible technical lane, and adjacent Denver employers were emphasizing direct fit, recent experience, and proof of reliability.
• Automation or advanced manufacturing specialist: This path fits candidates who can use robotics programming, CAD/CAM, CNC operations, or digital twin modeling, all of which are flagged as valuable 2026 engineering-adjacent skills.
• Technical project coordinator or program operations lead: Project management appears in about 15% of local demand, and consulting-oriented employers such as Deloitte and Slalom are active enough to make coordination-heavy technical work a realistic side door.

What postings ask for

• Systems engineering (premium | immediate): It appears in about 15% of sampled local skill demand and fits the metro's defense-heavy employer mix. Who: Mid-career engineers targeting aerospace, space, mission, or regulated technical programs.
• Python (differentiator | immediate): Python shows up in about 15% of local postings, and national 2026 engineering signals keep pointing to Python as part of the AI-and-digital toolkit employers value. Who: Systems, research, test, simulation, and cross-functional engineers who want to prove automation leverage.
• Requirements management (differentiator | immediate): It appears in about 10% of local skill demand and is especially useful in defense and other process-heavy environments. Who: Candidates moving into systems, verification, regulated product, or program-heavy roles.
• AutoCAD and Revit (differentiator | immediate): Both tools appear in about 10% of local skill demand, which makes them strong local signals for civil, architecture, and building-project paths. Who: Civil, architecture, facilities, and construction-adjacent candidates who need a faster route to interviews.
• Project management (table_stakes | near-term): It appears in about 15% of sampled local demand and helps across consulting, defense delivery, and complex technical coordination roles. Who: Mid-career candidates, lead engineers, and switchers coming from operations or delivery work.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license (premium | near-term): It is explicitly required in less than 5% of sampled postings, which means it is not universal, but it can still separate civil and structural candidates when employers need higher-trust design authority. Who: Civil, structural, utilities, land-development, and public-infrastructure candidates.

Questions about this market

What do Engineering & Scientific roles pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

Observed local wage anchors are solid but not uniform: BLS puts Denver architecture and engineering mean pay at $54.87/hour, while mechanical engineers show a median around $109,900 with a 25th-to-75th percentile range of about $89,800 to $133,500. Proxy posting data skews higher, with local posted salary ranges centered on about $126k to $175k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows a Colorado mean offered salary on new openings of about $111,954 in July 2026 (n=939). Denver can pay very well, but the strongest advertised ranges are being pulled up by experienced, specialized roles rather than by the whole category.

Where is demand for Engineering & Scientific roles in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in a few linked clusters, not evenly spread across all engineering and scientific subfields. In the local sample, more than 950 postings appeared across more than 350 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The heaviest industry mix sits in aerospace & defense at about 30%, another aerospace and defense bucket at about 15%, then technology, defense, and engineering at about 10% each. That matters because the market rewards people who can speak the language of a specific operating environment. The named employer list is led by Lockheed Martin Corporation, Sierra Space Corporation, Deloitte, Northrop Grumman, Anduril Industries, Inc., BAE Systems, Inc, Slalom, and RTX. Boeing also had 10 engineering jobs posted in Aurora in late July, and BRPH opened a Denver office in April 2026, which supports continued local activity in both defense-heavy and AEC-adjacent lanes.

Which employers are hiring the most Engineering & Scientific talent in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

Recent postings show the most activity from Lockheed Martin Corporation (30 postings), Sierra Space Corporation (30 postings), Deloitte (20 postings), Northrop Grumman (20 postings), Anduril Industries, Inc. (20 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Engineering & Scientific roles in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 70% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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