Quality Engineer
Welcome To The Traegerhood:
Our business is BBQ, and business tastes good. Traeger invented the wood pellet grill over 30 years ago, and we’ve been revolutionizing outdoor cooking ever since. We’re a team of disruptors, innovators, problem solvers, and food fanatics who are dedicated to bringing people together to create a more flavorful world. From our headquarters in Salt Lake City and beyond, 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 Quality Engineer to join our Manufacturing team in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a Quality Engineer, you will ensure Traeger products consistently meet—and surpass—customer and market expectations. The ideal candidate for this role is driven, detail-oriented, and eager to dive deep into quality assurance processes. They will proactively identify potential risks, work independently and collaboratively, and contribute to resolving quality challenges. This role involves cross-functional collaboration to analyze and improve product quality at every stage—from initial design through to commercialization. Join us in our mission to continuously elevate the Traeger experience.
How You'll Help Us Win:
New Product Development
- Provide Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) support to product development programs, including risk assessments, development of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (xFMEA), Control Plans (CP), and measurement system analysis (GR&R, Cpk, FAI).
- Create and execute test plans for Incoming Quality Control (IQC) and Ongoing Reliability Testing (ORT) to validate component and product reliability.
- Collaborate with Product Development, Quality, Manufacturing, and Operations teams to identify quality issues during development and track them through corrective and preventive actions (CA/PA) to resolution before mass production.
- Lead the definition of Critical-to-Customer (CTC) and Critical-to-Quality (CTQ) product characteristics and establish appropriate measurement tools for process capability and manufacturing inspection.
- Conduct Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFM/A) analysis to identify opportunities for product redesign that reduce defects (poka-yoke) and enhance manufacturability and serviceability.
Sustaining Manufacturing
- Provide meaningful quality data analytics and reporting for defects occurring both in the field and at OEM manufacturing sites.
- Monitor warranty and field data to identify failure trends and support the development of improvement plans.
- Collaborate with Sustaining Engineering, Customer Service, and Manufacturing teams to determine root causes of quality issues and implement data-driven solutions.
- Develop and improve quality process controls and documentation.
What You'll Need to Succeed:
Education:
- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Mechanical Engineering or a similar discipline
- Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Green Belt (preferred)
Experience:
- 2–5 years of relevant experience in a Quality Engineering role supporting new product development
- 2–5 years of relevant product development experience in consumer goods
- 2–5 years of relevant manufacturing experience in sheet metal forming, injection-molded plastics, coatings, and mechanical assembly
- Experience with third-party manufacturing in Asia
Expertise:
- Knowledge of quality practices and standards, including 8D, APQP, Green Belt, Design for Six Sigma, and ISO 9001:2015
- Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
- Technical writing and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks
- Ability to provide data-driven solutions
- Strong data analytics skills
- Experience using DOMO or similar applications for data analytics
Why You Will Love To Work 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.
- Full medical/dental/vision packages 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?
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