The escalating prevalence of Global Virtual Teams (GVTs) across diverse geographical landscapes underscores their indispensable role in our socio-technical and economic foundations. Increasingly, teams in strategic engineering projects are GVTs and must exhibit coordination and tradeoffs as transdisciplinary engineering (TE) partners. Extensive research has scrutinized the intricate challenges faced by virtual engineering teams. Researchers characterize these challenges as distance factors (geographical, temporal, and perceived), shedding light on associated hurdles concerning motivation, awareness, and the nuanced establishment of trust. Effective decision-making within teams relies on a foundation of trust. Within this context, trust is defined as the perception that team members will act benevolently, prioritizing collective interests over self-interest. Previous studies have demonstrated the pivotal influence of trust on team performance, particularly in sustaining collaborations. The challenge intensifies during the initial stages of projects within GVTs, where face-to-face social exchanges—historically relied upon for trust-building—are difficult or unattainable. Decades of research have yielded qualitative measurement techniques and supportive methodologies, with recent emphasis on computer-mediated communications encompassing face-to-face visuals, audio, and text messages. However, these techniques are commonly evaluated qualitatively at the conclusion of experiments, leaving a gap in understanding and measuring the dynamic nature of trust in global virtual teams. This research proposes an approach by prototyping measurements for real-time assessment of the trust phenomenon in GVTs. By outlining the subsequent steps for integrating these methods, the work aspires to contribute to the advancement of GVT research, offering practical insights to fortify trust in virtual teams and enhance collaborative efficacy in the digital era.