QA & Test Automation

Services

Test automation is not a tool but a system. We build it – and the process, the team and the numbers around it.

• 01

  Test automation for complex systems

  Substation automation: conformance and interoperability tests to IEC 61850 with many IEDs in concert, test schemas and automated test procedures. Rail: train simulation via hardware-in-the-loop for system tests of ETCS and driver displays (DMI) to EN 50126/50128/50159. Industry: fully automated testing and deployment of device platforms with 32 variants or 10 communication protocols. IT: end-to-end system tests across 240 applications, including iOS, Android and cloud apps.

  ResultTest automation architecture, running test bench, reproducible test runs

  • IEC 61850
  • Substation automation
  • ETCS
  • HIL
  • EN 50128
  • Device platforms
  • End-to-end
• 02

  Test automation architecture and tool selection

  Before a framework is bought: architecture of the test automation across test levels, teams and target platforms – shift-left in the DevOps chain. Vendor-neutral evaluation of tools for test automation, test management, reporting, monitoring and observability with clear exclusion criteria, proofs of concept on the real system (web, iOS, Android, local and cloud apps), alignment with the product owners of the teams involved, training on the final stack.

  ResultTarget architecture, rated tool shortlist, working proofs of concept, training

  • Test automation architecture
  • Tool evaluation
  • Shift-left
  • DevOps
  • Observability
  • Playwright
  • Robot Framework
• 03

  HIL test benches and test frameworks

  Building and extending hardware-in-the-loop test benches and test frameworks – with dSPACE and LabVIEW as well as with other platforms or our own set-ups. The platform follows the device under test and the budget, not the other way round: because we reproduce interfaces and protocols ourselves where needed (reverse engineering), we integrate any device – even without manufacturer documentation. Integrated into CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps), results in Grafana, SonarQube or PowerBI. Scales from a single device to a platform.

  ResultRunning test bench, pipeline, dashboard

  • HIL
  • Vendor-neutral
  • dSPACE
  • LabVIEW
  • Reverse engineering
  • CI/CD
• 04

  End-to-end and UI test automation

  Automated tests through the whole chain – web, mobile, device user interfaces, engineering tools and back ends: Playwright, Robot Framework, Ranorex, Selenium, Cypress, Cucumber, Appium. Test design to ISTQB, BDD scenarios that business and development read together. Smoke tests that tell you within minutes whether a build is usable – for device platforms as well as sales portals and e-commerce platforms.

  ResultMaintainable test suites, smoke and regression runs in the pipeline

  • Playwright
  • Robot Framework
  • Ranorex
  • Selenium
  • Cypress
  • Appium
  • BDD
• 05

  Test concept and test strategy

  Test concepts to ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119: test levels, test types, risk-based testing, shift-left, behaviour-driven development. Rolled out in the team with templates, training material and workshops – so the concept is lived, not filed. Sustainable test management that measurably raises the degree of automation.

  ResultTest concept, templates, training material, team roll-out

  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119
  • Risk-based
  • Shift-left
  • BDD
  • ISTQB
• 06

  Independent review – the outside view

  A look from outside at test process, test concept, automation as well as test and acceptance specifications (FAT/SAT, supplier acceptance): test levels, test types, code coverage, defect lifecycle, traceability – assessed against ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 and ISTQB, vendor-neutral. The result is not a report for the drawer but a prioritised list of measures with implementation horizons, aligned in stakeholder workshops. On request with solution options and a roadmap for test automation, SAST and CI/CD, plus an assessment of CRA readiness against IEC 62443-4-1. Because we come from testing, we also find concrete defects and architecture problems – not just process gaps.

  ResultPrioritised list of measures, roadmap, workshop results

  • Review
  • Test and acceptance specification
  • ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119
  • ISTQB
  • IEC 62443-4-1
  • CRA
• 07

  Mentoring, workshops and training

  We build automation so that your team carries it afterwards: mentoring programmes for test engineers and developers, workshops on risk-based testing, BDD and test automation, training on the tool stack introduced, advice to development teams and stakeholders on quality assurance in agile development (Scrum, SAFe). From teaching: lecturer on the CAS Software Testing at OST Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, 2018 to 2026.

  ResultMentoring concept, workshop series, training material, enabled team

  • Mentoring
  • Workshops
  • Training
  • Scrum
  • SAFe
  • CAS Software Testing
• 08

  Interim test management and QA leadership

  Overall responsibility for quality assurance on an interim basis – as test manager, QA lead or test director: technical leadership of the test team, planning, steering, reporting up to C-level, optimisation of the QA pipeline. Building a shared understanding of quality between development and product management – and a clean handover when the engagement ends.

  ResultWorking QA organisation, reporting, handover

  • Test management
  • QA lead
  • Test director
  • ISTQB
  • Reporting
• 09

  IEC 61850 conformance testing and lab accreditation

  Conformance and interoperability tests to IEC 61850, test schemas and procedures, test director for interoperability tests with devices from many manufacturers. Auditing and accreditation support of test laboratories to ISO/IEC 17025 and the ITCA Certification Body framework.

  ResultTest schemas, audit report, accreditation support

  • IEC 61850
  • IEC 61850-10
  • ISO/IEC 17025
  • ITCA
  • Interoperability