Software Engineering Team Lead - Industrial Automation & Robotics Platform Location: Hamilton Employment Status: Salary Full time Function: Information Technology Pay Range: ( $120,642.00 - $150,803.00) Target Bonus: 15.0% Req ID: 29997 Role Summary We are seeking a hands-on Software Engineering Team Lead to lead the development, support, and continuous improvement of an industrial automation platform that orchestrates machine operations, robotic workflows, and operator-facing applications.

This role combines technical leadership, software architecture, and operational ownership while remaining actively involved in design, coding, troubleshooting, and production support.

Key Responsibilities Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers through coaching, technical guidance, and code reviews.

Establish engineering standards, development best practices, and coding guidelines.

Drive architecture, technical design, modernization initiatives, and project execution.

Design, develop, and maintain applications using C#, .NET Framework 4.8, .NET Standard 2.0, and .NET 6+.

Lead integrations between host software, robotics systems, PLCs, machine controllers, databases, and enterprise systems.

Provide technical leadership during production incidents and critical system outages.

Lead root cause investigations using application logs, machine logs, controller diagnostics, and telemetry data.

Drive testing, quality, release readiness, observability, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Partner with Controls, QA, Manufacturing, Operations, and Product teams.





Required Qualifications 7+ years of software development experience with 2+ years in a lead, senior, or technical leadership role.

Strong C# and object-oriented design experience.

Strong experience with .NET Framework and modern .NET platforms.

Experience leading software projects and mentoring engineers.

Expertise in debugging, log analysis, root cause analysis, and incident response.

Experience with SQL databases, APIs, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.

Experience with Git, Azure Dev

Ops, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile development methodologies.

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications Industrial automation, robotics, manufacturing, warehouse automation, or material handling experience.

Experience with ABB RAPID, PLCs, machine controllers, or industrial communications.

Experience supporting mission-critical or 24/7 production systems.

Experience with observability, monitoring, telemetry, and operational support practices.

Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Git

Hub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude, or similar platforms.

Experience leading adoption of AI-assisted coding, testing, debugging, and documentation practices.

Success Profile Leads by example as both a technical contributor and people leader.

Builds a high-performing engineering team focused on quality and reliability.

Owns production issues and drives sustainable solutions.

Improves uptime, resiliency, maintainability, and engineering efficiency.

Collaborates effectively across software, controls, manufacturing, and operations teams.

📌 Software Engineering Team Lead - Industrial Automation & Robotics Platform (Canada)
🏢 Lincoln Electric
📍 Canada