Drone Jobs in Denver
Denver’s drone market leans on the Front Range’s aerospace industry. A space and defence prime in Lone Tree, a small-UAS maker in the city and a cluster of drone mapping software companies in the Denver Tech Center hire engineers, sales and support staff, with university flight research in Boulder. The listings below cover Denver-area employers hiring now.
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Denver is less a piloting market than an aerospace one. The Front Range has one of the largest concentrations of aerospace employers in the US, and the drone work here grows out of it: a space and defence prime in Lone Tree hires systems, aerospace, structural, electrical and project engineers (and summer interns) for its unmanned programmes, while a small-UAS manufacturer in Denver posts for systems, software quality and new-product-introduction engineers, along with sUAS pilots and curriculum developers who train the customers flying its aircraft.
The business side of the drone industry is unusually visible here too. Drone mapping, photogrammetry and construction-analytics software companies base sales, channel development and technical support teams in Denver and the Denver Tech Center, which suits people moving from piloting into customer-facing roles. Boulder’s university flight research, defence and geospatial firms in Westminster and Niwot, and survey crews working across the metro round out the picture.
See the wider drone jobs in Colorado, browse drone engineer jobs and drone surveying jobs, or see all drone jobs in the US.
Questions, answered
- What drone jobs are in Denver?
- Engineering first: systems, aerospace, structural, electrical and mechanical engineers at a Lone Tree aerospace prime, and systems, software quality and NPI engineers at a small-UAS manufacturer in the city. Drone mapping and reality-capture software companies add sales, channel and technical support roles.
- Are there drone pilot jobs in Denver?
- A few. A small-UAS maker hires sUAS pilots and instructional designers to train customers, and survey firms post crew chief, field engineer and survey intern roles that fly drones as part of the job. Commercial flying needs a Part 107 certificate.
- Does Boulder count as part of the Denver drone market?
- For job hunting, yes. The university in Boulder runs unmanned flight research with firmware, flight hardware and GNC engineering roles, and research and defence firms in nearby Niwot and Westminster hire too. Colorado Springs is a separate market and is not included here.
- Is Denver good for drone software and sales careers?
- It is one of the better US cities for the business side of drone software. Drone mapping and construction-analytics companies run Americas sales and support teams from Denver and Greenwood Village.