Technical Sourcing & Cost Engineer

About the role

GlassPoint, which replaces fuel-based steam with solar thermal heat to help heavy industry decarbonize, is looking for a Technical Sourcing & Cost Engineer. The role sits at the intersection of engineering, manufacturing and supply chain, ensuring that cost, manufacturability, supplier capability and scalability shape products from early development. It is not a conventional procurement role: you act as a technical and commercial sparring partner to engineers, challenging assumptions before designs are frozen.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with engineers throughout component and product development, giving practical manufacturing, sourcing and cost insight.
• Carry out techno-economic, should-cost and design-to-cost analysis for alternative concepts, materials and manufacturing processes.
• Translate design decisions into their likely effects on component, subsystem and total system cost, looking beyond purchase price to tooling, assembly, logistics, installation, commissioning, reliability, maintainability and lifecycle economics.
• Apply DFMA and value-engineering thinking to simplify designs, reduce part count and improve scalability.
• Identify where tolerances, specifications, specialist processes or limited supplier availability create unnecessary cost or supply risk.
• Find and develop manufacturers for prototypes, development parts and low-volume requirements, then work with the wider Supply Chain team to move successful designs toward higher-volume suppliers.
• Keep up to date with modern manufacturing technologies, automation and emerging supplier capabilities.
• Compare volume scenarios and recommend when prototype or low-volume methods should give way to dedicated tooling, automation, alternative materials or higher-throughput processes.

Required profile

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Typically 5-10 years of experience across engineering, manufacturing, technical sourcing, cost engineering, supplier development or a combination.
• Strong practical understanding of manufacturing processes and their cost drivers.
• Experience working directly with engineering teams during product or component development.
• Experience in conceptual costing, should-cost modelling, value engineering, design-to-cost or techno-economic analysis.
• Sound judgement on supplier capability, process limitations, tooling, quality, capacity and scale-up risk.
• Current knowledge of modern manufacturing technologies, industrialisation methods and automation.
• Experience sourcing prototypes or low-volume components and supporting their transition to serial production is highly desirable; experience with international suppliers and cross-functional teams is an advantage.

Required skills

• Should-cost modelling and design-to-cost analysis
• Value engineering and DFMA
• Techno-economic analysis

What we offer

• Real ownership and the chance to make a meaningful impact from day one.
• An international team of colleagues from diverse disciplines.
• The opportunity to help build the future of industrial decarbonization.