Senior Level Pilot Jobs
Senior level pilot jobs put experienced aviators in command of high-stakes operations, setting flight standards, mentoring junior crew, and owning the outcomes of complex missions or routes. Roles are concentrated across Manufacturing, Medical Devices, and Aerospace & Defense, with 0% offering remote or hybrid arrangements, and employers like Teknor Apex Company, Dexcom, and Shield AI hiring at this level now.
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Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.
We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.
Meet the team:
We are a high-impact, service-oriented Pilot Manufacturing team at Dexcom, partnering closely with R&D to bring new technologies to life. Our scope spans manufacturing of R&D studies, engineering and equipment support, procurement, and production planning and control—bridging development and full-scale production.
Our mission is to leverage our technical expertise and teamwork to build exceptional products and accelerate them to market. Our purpose is to learn fast, define scalable processes, and enable clinical success through reliable execution.
What makes this team unique is our direct partnership with R&D as our primary partner. Every build we run supports critical development milestones—shaping product design, enabling clinical trials, and accelerating innovation. The work is fast-paced, hands-on, and highly visible, with a direct impact on getting life-changing technology to patients.
This role plays a critical part in ensuring our builds execute smoothly, issues are quickly resolved, and teams stay aligned on priorities. If you’re energized by solving real-time problems, working across engineering and manufacturing, and making a tangible impact on cutting-edge products, this is a team where you can truly make a difference.
Where you come in:
You will own end-to-end production planning and control for R&D pilot builds, ensuring alignment between demand, capacity, and execution to plan.
You will develop and continuously refine capacity models, production plans, and Pilot Operations Planning inputs to enable rapid learning cycles and informed decision-making across R&D builds.
You will provide clear, real-time visibility into manufacturing performance, proactively identifying risks and driving cross-functional actions to protect milestones.
You will lead production readiness across equipment, materials, and labor, anticipating constraints and ensuring timely mitigation of risks to build execution.
Establish and drive a disciplined operating system (daily pulse, tiered meetings, weekly reviews) to enable rapid decision-making and accountability.
You will partner with manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain leadership to close performance gaps and deliver against aggressive R&D timelines.
You will own Inventory and WIP across the value stream inclusive of procurement activities, driving resolution of bottlenecks and improving throughput and cycle time.
You will drive continuous improvement of metrics, reporting, and execution processes to increase predictability and readiness for scale.
You will oversee prioritization and execution of exception management and other risks to build schedules, ensuring resources are aligned to critical needs.
You will influence cross-functional decision-making (supply chain, finance, engineering) through data-driven insights on performance, capacity, and material strategy.
What makes you successful:
You are highly organized and execution-focused, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, changing R&D environment.
You are data-driven, with strong analytical skills and the ability to translate data into clear actions.
You are a strong communicator who can align cross-functional teams and keep stakeholders informed.
Proactive and solutions-oriented, comfortable identifying risks early and driving them to resolution.
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and adapting plans in real time to meet evolving R&D needs.
What you’ll get:
A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community .
A full and comprehensive benefits program.
Growth opportunities on a global scale.
Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.
Travel Required:
0-5%
Education and Experience:
Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree with 13+ years of industry experience
5-8 years of previous people management experience
Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com.
Meritain, an Aetna Company, creates and publishes the Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Dexcom. To link to the Machine-Readable Files, please click on the URL provided: https://health1.meritain.com/app/public/#/one/insurerCode=MERITAIN_I&brandCode=MERITAINOVER/machine-readable-transparency-in-coverage?reportingEntityType=TPA_19874&lock=true
To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Dexcom. Only authorized staffing and recruiting agencies may use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes on specific requisitions. Dexcom does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to the Talent Acquisition team, Dexcom employees or any other company location. Dexcom is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.
Salary:
$135,100.00 - $225,100.00The Company
Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.
We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.
Meet the team:
We are a high-impact, service-oriented Pilot Manufacturing team at Dexcom, partnering closely with R&D to bring new technologies to life. Our scope spans manufacturing of R&D studies, engineering and equipment support, procurement, and production planning and control—bridging development and full-scale production.
Our mission is to leverage our technical expertise and teamwork to build exceptional products and accelerate them to market. Our purpose is to learn fast, define scalable processes, and enable clinical success through reliable execution.
What makes this team unique is our direct partnership with R&D as our primary partner. Every build we run supports critical development milestones—shaping product design, enabling clinical trials, and accelerating innovation. The work is fast-paced, hands-on, and highly visible, with a direct impact on getting life-changing technology to patients.
This role plays a critical part in ensuring our builds execute smoothly, issues are quickly resolved, and teams stay aligned on priorities. If you’re energized by solving real-time problems, working across engineering and manufacturing, and making a tangible impact on cutting-edge products, this is a team where you can truly make a difference.
Where you come in:
You will own end-to-end production planning and control for R&D pilot builds, ensuring alignment between demand, capacity, and execution to plan.
You will develop and continuously refine capacity models, production plans, and Pilot Operations Planning inputs to enable rapid learning cycles and informed decision-making across R&D builds.
You will provide clear, real-time visibility into manufacturing performance, proactively identifying risks and driving cross-functional actions to protect milestones.
You will lead production readiness across equipment, materials, and labor, anticipating constraints and ensuring timely mitigation of risks to build execution.
Establish and drive a disciplined operating system (daily pulse, tiered meetings, weekly reviews) to enable rapid decision-making and accountability.
You will partner with manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain leadership to close performance gaps and deliver against aggressive R&D timelines.
You will own Inventory and WIP across the value stream inclusive of procurement activities, driving resolution of bottlenecks and improving throughput and cycle time.
You will drive continuous improvement of metrics, reporting, and execution processes to increase predictability and readiness for scale.
You will oversee prioritization and execution of exception management and other risks to build schedules, ensuring resources are aligned to critical needs.
You will influence cross-functional decision-making (supply chain, finance, engineering) through data-driven insights on performance, capacity, and material strategy.
What makes you successful:
You are highly organized and execution-focused, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, changing R&D environment.
You are data-driven, with strong analytical skills and the ability to translate data into clear actions.
You are a strong communicator who can align cross-functional teams and keep stakeholders informed.
Proactive and solutions-oriented, comfortable identifying risks early and driving them to resolution.
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and adapting plans in real time to meet evolving R&D needs.
What you’ll get:
A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community .
A full and comprehensive benefits program.
Growth opportunities on a global scale.
Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.
Travel Required:
0-5%
Education and Experience:
Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree with 13+ years of industry experience
5-8 years of previous people management experience
Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com.
Meritain, an Aetna Company, creates and publishes the Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Dexcom. To link to the Machine-Readable Files, please click on the URL provided: https://health1.meritain.com/app/public/#/one/insurerCode=MERITAIN_I&brandCode=MERITAINOVER/machine-readable-transparency-in-coverage?reportingEntityType=TPA_19874&lock=true
To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Dexcom. Only authorized staffing and recruiting agencies may use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes on specific requisitions. Dexcom does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to the Talent Acquisition team, Dexcom employees or any other company location. Dexcom is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.
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Senior Level Pilot Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level pilot job?
Employers hiring at the senior level look for pilots who have logged substantial command time, hold the relevant ratings and certifications for the operation, and can demonstrate sound judgment across demanding conditions. What gives candidates an edge is a history of leading other crew members, a clean safety record, and the ability to communicate clearly with operations and leadership. Tailoring your application to the specific aircraft type and mission profile matters at this stage.
Which companies hire senior level pilots?
Companies hiring senior level pilots right now include Teknor Apex Company, Dexcom, and Shield AI, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Hiring at this level covers commercial carriers, cargo operators, charter and fractional providers, government contractors, and corporate flight departments that require captains and check airmen with deep command experience.
Are there remote senior level pilot jobs?
Yes, though flying roles are inherently on-site, some senior level pilot positions include remote or hybrid components for ground duties such as training development, standards oversight, or operations management. About 0% of senior level pilot openings are remote or hybrid as of July 2026, typically reflecting roles that blend flight hours with administrative or instructional responsibilities at a home base.
What makes a pilot role senior level?
A senior level pilot role goes beyond flying the aircraft. These positions carry command authority, ownership of safety and standards for a team or fleet segment, and responsibility for mentoring and evaluating less experienced crew. Senior pilots are expected to lead check rides or line checks, contribute to training programs, and serve as the final decision-maker in the cockpit. The scope is operational leadership, not just technical execution.
Which industries hire the most senior level pilots?
Senior level pilot roles concentrate in Manufacturing, Medical Devices, and Aerospace & Defense, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. These sectors drive hiring because they operate large fleets, face ongoing captain-upgrade demand, or require highly credentialed pilots for specialized missions such as cargo, medevac, government contract, or business aviation.