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Interfaces with customers, suppliers, engineers, and other functions. \nCoordinates programs including planning, scheduling, ordering, and tracking. \nParticipates in the maintenance of quality procedures.\nLeads and participate in improvement projects. Develops and gives presentations to customers and suppliers. \nKnows and complies with all safety policies and procedures.\nDemonstrates confidentiality as required. \nParticipates in self- and team-audits and associated corrective action. Performs other miscellaneous duties, as required, to get the job done.\n To be successful in this role you will need the following:\nHealth and Safety Fundamentals - Champions and models proactive health and safety behaviors by identifying, reporting and participating in actions to improve health and safety in order to build an interdependent culture and contribute to an injury-free workplace.\nAction oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.\nCommunicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.\nManages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.\nDecision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.\nDrives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.\nData Acquisition - Prepares samples, verifies equipment calibration and performs tests according to an approved standard procedure or work instruction in a manner which ensures, and results in, data that can be trusted and delivered to the engineer or customer.\nData Reporting - Prepares documentation in a manner which clearly organizes and presents testing methods, instrument settings, the data and analysis to allow the engineer and customer to understand the results and form accurate conclusions and recommendations.\nProduct Function Test System Design - Interprets test equipment specifications from test standards or lab customer requirements; selects and integrates appropriate equipment, instrumentation and software to control boundary conditions and collect measurement data; assesses capability of the lab equipment against the requirements and support infrastructure.\nTest Setup and Configuration - Interprets test plan to determine optimal location and orientation within a test space in accordance with local safety and environmental requirements and fabricates required system with appropriate materials.\nTest Article Build - Assembles test articles according to test requirements, including all necessary installation or accommodations for instrumentation, in a manner that allows the test articles to successfully undergo product functional test.\nPreventative and Predictive Maintenance - Interprets machine and tool maintenance records and data to develop and execute preventative and predictive management strategies to drive continuous improvement within the manufacturing process.\nData Quality - Identifies, understands and corrects flaws in data that supports effective information governance across operational business processes and decision making.\nProblem Solving - Solves problems and may mentor others on effective problem solving by using a systematic analysis process by leveraging industry standard methodologies to create problem traceability and protect the customer; determines the assignable cause; implements robust, data-based solutions; identifies the systemic root causes and ensures actions to prevent problem reoccurrence are implemented.\nValues differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization. \nEducation, Licenses, Certifications:\nHigh school diploma, GED or equivalent required with Department of Labor Certification OR Associates degree from an accredited program in a related field and at least two years of relevant experience OR Bachelors degree in a related field.\nExperience:\nDepartment of Labor Certification OR four year experience/education requirement accomplished through either Bachelors degree in related field OR associates degree in related field and at least two years of relevant experience.\n METs are responsible for supporting engine test cells for engineering development testing. 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