Lead and remain accountable for daily technical operations within assigned laboratory activities; establish and coordinate work priorities, validation activities, equipment availability, service needs, and laboratory readiness; serve as the primary technical coordination point for assigned work; verify that activities are completed safely and in accordance with established procedures; and escalate staffing, performance, or priority conflicts to management. Configure and coordinate complex test samples, equipment, fixtures, and data-collection systems; collaborate with engineering to help design, build, implement, refine, and support validation of test fixtures as needed; apply applicable Test Method Validation (TMV) processes; and verify that test setups meet protocol, safety, quality-system, and laboratory requirements.