Lead Mechanical Engineer – Costing & Quoting

The role

You will provide technical leadership to engineering and sourcing teams, making sure manufacturing cost assessments and quotations are accurate. You will be the main technical expert for complex parts and critical commercial opportunities, and help engineers grow their skills.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineers in sourcing, cost estimation and quoting
• Act as the primary technical expert for complex projects and critical commercial opportunities
• Review CAD models and technical drawings to assess manufacturing complexity, feasibility and production requirements
• Guide the selection of manufacturing processes, materials and post-processing methods
• Review and validate the technical content of quotations, including assumptions, cost calculations and specifications
• Lead technical discussions with customers and manufacturing partners
• Oversee technical tags and consistent categorization of parts by process, material and complexity
• Support the team in prioritizing complex requests and resolving technical escalations
• Mentor junior engineers and give constructive feedback on their assessments
• Improve technical review practices, quoting consistency and collaboration between Engineering, Sourcing and Sales

Required qualifications

• Higher technical education in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or a related field
• Proven experience in a manufacturing environment with complex parts, components or products
• Previous experience as a technical lead, lead engineer or senior engineer providing guidance to others
• Strong knowledge of machining and fabrication processes, including CNC turning and milling, sheet metal processing, cutting and welding
• Experience assessing manufacturing costs, including materials, machining time, tooling and post-processing
• Ability to review 3D CAD models and 2D technical drawings and identify manufacturing challenges
• Ability to validate quotations, identify missing information and explain technical assumptions clearly
• English proficiency at B1–B2 level
• Ability to lead technical discussions with customers, manufacturing partners and internal teams
• Ability to support engineers' development through practical guidance and knowledge sharing
• Ability to remain effective under pressure and manage multiple requests and competing priorities

Benefits

• Fully remote work at first, later hybrid in Sofia (3 days from office) once the office opens
• Flexible schedule planned around collaboration with US Eastern Time Zone teams
• Technical ownership of complex manufacturing challenges and shaping technical decisions
• Leadership impact: mentor engineers and improve how the team works
• International collaboration with colleagues, customers and manufacturing partners across markets
• Company-provided laptop
• EU or local holiday calendar, depending on your location

About the company

Xometry (NASDAQ: XMTR) connects people with big ideas to manufacturers who can make them. Its digital marketplace gives manufacturers resources to grow and makes global manufacturing capacity easy for Fortune 1000 buyers to access.