MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION

POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Lois M. Martin, hereby constitute and appoint BARBARA CARPENTER, assistant secretary, and JOHN HOUSTON, corporate secretary, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for me and in my name, place and stead, to sign and file Statements of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities relating to transactions by me in Common Stock or other securities of MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION and all amendments thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney shall be effective until such time as I deliver a written revocation thereof to the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agent.





Dated:  January 27, 2006   /s/ Lois M. Martin