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Test Engineering is the creative, often iterative, process of developing test methods, test equipment and test tools, that are needed to verify whether the performance of a device is within the given specification limits when operated under the allowed use profiles. In order to establish a test method, requirements or specifications of the product and the operating conditions must be defined in measurable parameters. An appropriate Requirement Engineering process shall ensure this input. Being an engineering technology company, our products & services must comply with applicable regulations, often requiring a structured approach to and documented evidence of the products efficacy and safety. For Test & Verification Engineering, this entails a substantiated selection of what and how to test, the justification of test methods, the qualification of the test equipment, the validation of the applied test method, a managed test execution and traceability of the test evidence.

In order to produce reliable test results, the applied test equipment must be capable of conditioning the device and measuring the parameters of interest accurately and precise. Test equipment must, therefore, be designed to ensure this.

Requirement Engineering as part of Test Engineering is the creative, often iterative, process of analyzing and developing requirements and specifications that are needed to verify whether the performance or manufacturing of a device is within the given limits when operated under the allowed use profiles.​​

In order to establish a test method, requirements or specifications of the product and the operating conditions must be defined in measurable parameters. An appropriate requirements engineering process shall ensure this input.​​

In the Test Engineering field, there are many different types of Requirements and Specifications, where a Requirement is generally defined as a “Function” the device shall provide and a Specification is defined as a “Design Output” that needs to be verified.​

Test equipment realization is the process of turning test and alignment methods into a physical tool. This tool must not only be able to handle, actuate and measure the unit under test, but it must also integrate well into the target environment physically as well as operationally.

• Load or unload devices under test, manually or automatically.
• Manipulate, handle and condition devices under test, preparing them to be measured.
• Accurately measure the performance of interest, return the result and report the pass/fail decision.
• When needed, combine measurement with adjusting the device under test in order to bring it within specification
• Meet the environmental conditions and footprints of the location where it is to be installed.
• Handshake with the MES/ERP systems in order to manage the manufacturing or test flow, order fulfillment, logistical flow, data logging or storage, result reporting, SPC etc.
• Interact with the operator regarding test progress, status updates, test results, operating instruction, feedback of actions etc.
• Provide operator authorization and authentication features for regulatory and security