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:
Traeger is seeking a Junior Mechanical Design Engineer to join our Advanced Product Research & Development (APRD) team in Salt Lake City, UT. This is a fantastic opportunity for an early-career engineer who wants to learn from experienced mentors while getting hands-on with new product development, prototyping, and emerging technologies.
You will work alongside our senior mechanical engineers, supporting them through the advanced development phase-from concept sketches through working prototypes-and helping build the technical documentation that carries a design from idea into production.
How You''ll Help Us Win:
- Work alongside our senior mechanical engineers, supporting new product development from early concept through prototyping.
- Apply fundamental mechanical engineering principles to help evaluate and refine design concepts.
- Build and iterate on CAD models, applying Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFM/DFA) thinking to keep designs practical to produce.
- Get hands-on with fabrication tools to build and test prototypes-from rough mock-ups to more refined builds.
- Run structured testing, competitor benchmarking, subsystem proof-outs, and evaluation of cooking performance and thermal properties to validate designs with data.
- Bring a strong drive to learn, asking questions and picking up new skills, tools, and processes quickly.
- Support cross-functional collaboration with industrial design, electrical engineering, and manufacturing partners.
- Travel as needed to support supplier visits, prototype builds, and new product introduction.
What You''ll Need to Succeed:
- Fundamental understanding and previous experience in mechanical engineering.
- Background in CAD (SolidWorks preferred), prototyping, and a strong understanding of DFM/DFA principles.
- Hands-on experience with fabrication tools.
- A strong drive to learn.
- A strong analytical and curious mind, with an understanding of how to control your test environment for repeatable, reliable results.
- Willingness to travel.
- Bachelor''s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
A portfolio of past design or build projects is a great way to show us what you can do-not required, but always welcome.
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
- Tuition reimbursement
- Individual professional development programs & initiatives to help you grow professionally
- Great discounts on all things Traeger
- Did we mention all the food?
Traeger may use AI tools for resume-screening purposes.