Chief Engineer
Denver · USD 200,000-250,000 · 15+ years experience · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Sep 30, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 15+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Denver
- Salary
- USD 200,000-250,000 · Base salary
About the role
- The Chief Engineer will set the technical direction and own the system architecture for an airborne augmented reality system.
- This role involves leading cross-functional teams, making critical design decisions, and translating customer requirements into system specifications.
- The position requires working directly with government customers to shape the technical roadmap for synthetic air combat training technology.
Responsibilities
- Drive the end-to-end architecture of an airborne augmented reality system.
- Lead hardware and software teams to ensure system integration.
- Run trade studies and make critical design calls on complex technical issues.
- Translate customer requirements into clear system and subsystem specifications.
- Perform system analysis to ensure product requirements are met.
- Work directly with government customers to understand and address their needs.
- Build and guide the internal technical roadmap.
- Lead cross-functional teams across hardware, software, optics, systems, and flight test.
Requirements
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 15+ years of relevant experience in system engineering, hardware design, and technical leadership.
- Proven expertise in system architecture design with emphasis on combined hardware/software systems and integration.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive decisions on complex technical issues.
- Ability to perform system analysis to ensure subsystem specifications meet product requirements.
- Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with sensors (camera, time-of-flight) and image processing.
- Experience with virtual reality or augmented reality hardware.
- Experience working with government customers and defense industry standards.
- Experience designing complex electromechanical systems and obtaining DoD certification.
- Understanding of requirements management tools such as Jama or DOORs.
Benefits
- Healthcare, Dental, and Vision (100% coverage for Employees)
- Paid time off (vacation, sick, paid holidays, and parental leave)
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Voluntary Worksite Benefits (Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity)
- Discretionary annual bonus
Skills
- System Architecture
- Hardware Design
- Systems Integration
- Augmented Reality
- Virtual Reality
- Image Processing
- Sensors
- Electromechanical Systems
- Jama
- DOORs
