Senior Electrical Engineer — Global R&D & Prototyping

Traegergrills; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

Tuition reimbursement

Medical/dental/vision package

Employee discount on Traeger products

Great food culture

Job summary

Traegergrills is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer for its Advanced Product R&D team in Salt Lake City. You will explore and prototype electrical components, subsystems, and architectures for future grill platforms, working closely with EE and ME teams to deliver working prototypes and proof-of-concept demonstrations.

The role requires deep analogue/digital design expertise, MCU architectures (UART/SPI/I2C/CAN), and hands-on firmware and hardware bring-up.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience in electrical hardware engineering, with demonstrated ownership of prototype-stage architectures.
• Strong foundation in analog and digital circuit design fundamentals and circuit analysis.
• Deep understanding of microcontroller architecture and peripheral interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, and CAN.
• Working knowledge of embedded firmware sufficient to prototype and validate complete controller concepts, in partnership with a mechanical engineer.
• Hands-on experience with bench-level debugging and hardware bring-up using oscilloscopes and standard lab equipment.
• Ability to travel domestically and overseas, including to Asia, to support supplier and NPI activities.
• A collaborative communicator who stays closely aligned with adjacent teams, particularly Electrical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Explore and prototype electrical components, subsystems, and architectures for grill platforms.
• Collaborate with EE and ME teams to build and integrate prototypes.
• Evaluate suppliers and perform early-stage BOM rough estimates to guide go/no-go decisions.
• Use OrCAD X ECAD tools for schematic capture and PCB layout of prototype hardware.
• Build, debug, and bring-up prototype hardware at the bench with standard lab equipment.
• Contribute to new product exploration from concept to demonstrable proof of concept.

Skills

Analog & Digital circuit design

Microcontroller architecture

PCB layout

Embedded firmware prototyping

Bench-level debugging

Cross‑functional communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

OrCAD X ECAD

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Traegergrills is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer for its Advanced Product R&D team in Salt Lake City. You will explore and prototype electrical components, subsystems, and architectures for future grill platforms, working closely with EE and ME teams to deliver working prototypes and proof-of-concept demonstrations.

The role requires deep analogue/digital design expertise, MCU architectures (UART/SPI/I2C/CAN), and hands-on firmware and hardware bring-up.