Senior Electrical Engineer - Hardware & Prototyping Lead

Traeger, Inc.; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical/dental/vision package

401k plan

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts on Traeger products

Job summary

Traeger, Inc. in Salt Lake City is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer for Advanced Product R&D to explore and prototype electrical subsystems for next-generation grills. You will work closely with the EE and ME teams to develop prototype concepts, evaluate components, and drive early-stage engineering decisions.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in hardware design, strong analog/digital skills, and hands-on bench experience. Travel to suppliers and production sites is expected as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 6+ years of electrical hardware engineering experience with prototype ownership.
• Strong analog and digital circuit design fundamentals.
• Deep MCU architecture knowledge and UART, SPI, I2C, CAN interfaces.
• Firmware knowledge to prototype controller concepts in collaboration with ME team.
• Hands-on bench debugging and hardware bring-up with lab equipment.
• Ability to travel domestically and overseas, including Asia.
• A collaborative communicator aligned with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Explore and prototype new electrical components and architectures for APRD.
• Evaluate suppliers and perform early BOM estimates for go/no-go decisions.
• Build early prototypes and integrate with ME team for testing.
• Collaborate with the Electrical Engineering team and maintain cross-team communication.
• Apply embedded firmware knowledge to validate prototypes.
• Evaluate architecture concepts to support APRD initiatives with EE teams.
• Use OrCAD X ECAD for schematic capture and PCB layout of prototypes.
• Build, debug, and bring-up prototype hardware at the bench with lab tools.
• Design and analyze prototype-stage electrical hardware and test fixtures.
• Contribute to new product exploration from concept to proof of concept.

Skills

Analog circuit design

Digital circuit design

PCB layout

Embedded firmware basics

Prototype hardware bring-up

Schematic capture

Team collaboration

Oscilloscopes

Requirements evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

OrCAD X ECAD

Job description

Traeger, Inc. in Salt Lake City is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer for Advanced Product R&D to explore and prototype electrical subsystems for next-generation grills. You will work closely with the EE and ME teams to develop prototype concepts, evaluate components, and drive early-stage engineering decisions.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in hardware design, strong analog/digital skills, and hands-on bench experience. Travel to suppliers and production sites is expected as needed.