Prototype Engineer Jobs in Utah (NOW HIRING)

Welcome to the Traegerhood: 

Our business is BBQ, and business tastes good. Traeger invented the wood pellet grill over 30 years ago, and we're fanatics who are dedicated to bringing people together to create a more flavorful world. From our headquarters in Salt Lake City, we work tirelessly to provide a world-class experience to our customers, retailers, and especially our employees. If you're a team player who's dedicated to delivering top-quality results every day, then we want you to come cook with us. 

What You'll Do: 

As an Electrical Engineer II at Traeger, you will support both sustaining and new product development projects across our grill portfolio. You will triage field returns, provide escalation support to customer service, perform root cause and corrective action analysis, contribute to circuit design and analysis, and help maintain the lab and our reliability test fixtures. You will grow your schematic capture and PCB layout skills in OrCAD X while collaborating with a team of experienced engineers. Travel to Asia is expected as needed to support supplier visits and new product introduction. 

How You'll Help Us Win: 

• Triage field returns and perform root cause analysis, working with quality, customer service, and manufacturing to identify trends and drive corrective action. 

• Provide engineering escalation support to customer service on complex field issues beyond front line troubleshooting. 

• Develop written troubleshooting guides and technical articles that enable customer service agents to resolve electrical issues consistently. 

• Attend customer service sync meetings to share findings, review field trends, and align on escalated cases. 

• Support sustaining engineering on existing products, including component changes, supplier transitions, and design improvements. 

• Contribute to new product development from concept through production, collaborating across mechanical, firmware, and industrial design. 

• Design, modify, and analyze electrical hardware including analog and digital circuits, wiring harnesses, and test fixtures. 

• Use OrCAD X for schematic capture and PCB layout, and contribute to library maintenance. 

• Build, debug, and bring up prototype hardware at the bench using oscilloscopes and standard lab equipment. 

• Solder and rework circuit board assemblies and wiring harnesses for prototype builds, field analysis, and engineering changes. 

• Support reliability test fixture development and maintenance. 

• Maintain the electrical lab, including organization, equipment, and consumables. 

• Participate in 8D problem solving and corrective action activities; training available for engineers new to the methodology. 

• Work with external PCB layout suppliers and component vendors to deliver prototypes on time and on budget. 

• Support DFA and DFM activities and contribute to production test process development. 

Bonus Points if you have this:

• Experience with OrCAD X or other professional ECAD tools for schematic capture and PCB layout. 

• Experience with 8D problem solving and formal root cause and corrective action methodologies. 

• Experience with IoT connected products, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth communications. 

• Familiarity with EMI and EMC compliance testing for consumer electronics. 

• Experience with reliability testing, test fixture design, or production test development. 

• Experience developing products using a stage gate process. 

• Experience leveraging AI for improved efficiency.  

• Prior experience in consumer electronics or outdoor cooking products. 

What You'll Need To Succeed: 

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. 

• 2 to 4 years of experience in electrical hardware engineering or a related field. 

• Working knowledge of analog and digital circuit design fundamentals and circuit analysis. 

• Understanding of microcontroller architecture and peripheral interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, and CAN. 

• Hands on experience with bench level debugging and hardware bring up using oscilloscopes and standard lab equipment. 

• Soldering skills sufficient to rework circuit boards and wiring harnesses. 

• Basic understanding of PCB layout principles and best practices. 

• Disciplined, data driven approach to problem solving. 

• Ability to translate complex technical content into clear written troubleshooting instructions for a customer service audience. 

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and experience using JIRA or similar work tracking tools. 

• Ability to travel domestically and overseas, including to Asia, to support supplier and NPI activities. 

• Self-motivated and able to work effectively in a cross functional team environment. 

Why You Will Love Working Here: 

• Be part of the most disruptive force in outdoor cooking 

• Join a true team working towards a common goal 

• Culture of risk-taking, innovation, & quality 

• So. Much. Food. 

• Have an outdoor lover's paradise in your backyard 

• Full medical/dental/vision package to fit your needs 

• 401k to help you plan for the future 

• Great discounts on all things Traeger 

• Did we mention all the food?