Senior Electrical Engineer - Hardware & Prototyping Lead

Traeger, Inc.

Salt Lake City (UT)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 160,000

Full time

8 days ago
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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.

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