Industrial Controls Software Engineer

The name Sotera Health was inspired by Soteria, the Greek goddess of safety, and reflects the Company’s unwavering commitment to its mission, Safeguarding Global Health.

Sotera Health Company is a leading global provider of mission-critical sterilization and lab testing and advisory services for the healthcare industry. With a combined tenure across our businesses of nearly 200 years and our industry recognized scientific and technological expertise, we help to ensure the safety of millions of patients and healthcare practitioners around the world every year.

Across our 64 facilities worldwide, we have over 3,000 employees who are dedicated to safety and quality. We are a trusted partner to more than 5,800 customers in over 50 countries, including more than 40 of the top 50 medical device companies and 9 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies.

An experienced Industrial Controls Software Engineer with strong technical depth, hands-on industrial automation experience in the IoT space, and a track record of leading initiatives without formal supervisory responsibility. Design and deliver advanced control system software for modern industrial automation platforms while providing technical leadership and mentorship across engineering teams. Influence architecture, drive best practices, and help shape the future of our automation ecosystem.

Duties and Responsibilities Expanding Capacity to Support Growth Design, develop, and maintain industrial control software, including PLC, PAC, HMI/SCADA systems, data historian and related middleware or application logic

Lead the technical architecture of new controls solutions to ensure reliability, scalability, cybersecurity, and long-term maintainability

Evaluate and select automation hardware/software platforms (PLCs, safety controllers, networking infrastructure, edge/IoT devices)
Perform advanced debugging, root-cause analysis, performance tuning, and system optimization

Review system designs, source code and test plans; champion best practices in documentation, version control, and quality assurance

Manage vendor relationships, including budgets, service agreements, and support escalations for control systems

Champion modern controls engineering practices (standards-based programming, modular architecture, simulation, Dev Ops for controls, etc.)Contribute to long-term vision for automation, industrial software, and system reliability

Identify and advocate for improvements across tools, processes, architecture, system instrumentation, and product roadmap planning

Safety

Ensure adherence to relevant safety and compliance standards (IEC, NFPA, UL, ISO, etc.) as well as internal engineering processes

People/Personal Collaborate with stakeholders across operations, quality, safety, information technology, vendors, and leadership to define requirements and support successful deployments

Ability to operate in a matrixed organization without direct report management responsibilities

Confident/Positive demeanor

Values

Exemplify company core values of Safety, Customer Focus, People, Integrity, Excellence Quality Administrative Ensure  all projects are executed using defined Engineering Change Management methodology

Lead incident response activities, technical risk assessments, and validation or commissioning efforts

Education, Experience, & Skill Required Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or equivalent experience7+ years of experience developing industrial or automation control systems, including multiple full development or deployment cycles

Deep expertise in at least one major automation platform (e.g., Rockwell/Allen-Bradley, Siemens)
Strong proficiency with data historian, data analytics and industrial networking

Experience with system modeling and HMI/SCADA toolkits, including Ignition Proven capability to translate high level business or product requirements into robust, scalable control system architectures

Specific desired areas of knowledge include:

Experience with cloud-connected controls, industrial IoT platforms, or edge computing2–3 years of backend engineering experience supporting Ignition-based applications

Familiarity with modern software engineering methods: CI/CD, Git workflows, simulation, containers, automated testing for controls

Knowledge of IEC 61131-3 languages (Ladder Logic, Function Block, Structured Text)
Regulatory environment knowledge - FDA Disciplined/structured approach

Knowledge of standards like IEC, NFPA, UL,…