NI TestStand Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used NI TestStand
Jens-Uwe P.
Last position:
Architecture and programming for an automotive test bench platform at Automotive supplier
In this project, I was responsible for designing and implementing a new, modular, and highly scalable test bench platform for an automotive supplier. My focus was on developing a robust system architecture and programming the associated software, with UML modeling used consistently throughout. This structured approach significantly increased the reusability of individual LabVIEW test modules and sustainably reduced development time for subsequent projects. I also integrated modern automotive standards such as CAN FD, LIN, and safety requirements, making the solution future-proof.
Technologies: LabVIEW, Visio, UML, CAN FD, LIN, DMM, Safety, Image processing, Project management, HMI, C#, C++, Python, Rust, CI
Rajan K.
Last position:
Technical Lead/BTV at BMW, Daimler (Mercedes), VW Group, Hella, Ficosa, Cariad (Audi/Porsche/Skoda)
- Directed full lifecycle of embedded software projects including LiDAR, BMS, OCU, and Cybersecurity systems.
- Coordinated internal and external stakeholders including suppliers like Bosch, Bertrandt, Magna, Continental and IAV.
- Managed cross-country teams of 12–15 engineers, conducting project onboarding and role-based training.
- Implemented change control and risk registers for safety-critical automotive platforms.
- Oversaw project schedules using MS Project, JIRA, and Azure DevOps to ensure milestone alignment and transparency.
- Extensive hands-on expertise in test planning and execution for ECUs in compliance with Automotive SPICE (SWE.4–SWE.6) and ISO 26262.
- Led digital transformation project with a cross-functional team of 15+, ensuring successful integration of systems and workflows.
- Maintained project overviews and tracking in tools like Milestones (Daimler) and MS Project, and managed status reporting to senior stakeholders.
- Coordinated with third-party transformation partners and ensured timely delivery of decision templates and risk assessments.
- Applied PRINCE2 methodology for structured delivery; facilitated agile ceremonies and maintained Confluence-based documentation.
- Strong leadership in cross-functional teams and working in agile environments (SAFe, Scrum).
- Successfully led and supported IT and transformation projects, including those in regulated sectors (e.g., KRITIS or energy sector).
- Represented or supported overall project leadership in large-scale transformation programs.
- Maintained and updated complex project plans (Gantt charts, milestone tracking, and resource allocation).
- Coordinated workstreams and interdisciplinary teams; ensured timely delivery of all work packages.
- Acted as central communication point between project team, senior management, external vendors, and transformation partners.
- Prepared and delivered concise status reports, steering committee presentations, and decision memos.
- Identified project risks, maintained risk registers, and led mitigation planning.
- Assessed resource needs and supported reallocation based on project priorities and constraints.
- Proficient in JIRA, Milestones, Confluence, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Used both Agile (Scrum) and Waterfall (PRINCE2, PMI) methodologies.
- Created and tracked action lists, meeting protocols, and backlog items.
- Conducted critical analysis of project progress, resource bottlenecks, and deliverable timelines.
- Ensured alignment of transformation goals with enterprise IT architecture and business objectives.
Moslem R.
Last position:
Test Manager at Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
- Developed and implemented comprehensive test strategies, test methods, test processes, and test tools (Playwright, Selenium) for the calibration system, resulting in a 50% improvement in the accuracy and efficiency of testing processes.
- Carried out a thorough analysis of software requirements to ensure alignment with testing objectives and standards.
- Superintended the creation of a new software test environment and simulation conception, facilitating realistic testing scenarios.
- Planned and coordinated all test activities within an agile industrial environment, ensuring effective utilization of resources and timely delivery of 5+ high-quality software products.
- Led the continuous improvement of the test infrastructure and tools, leveraging innovative solutions to streamline testing processes.
- Tracked and reported test progress, employing effective defect management techniques to promptly identify and address issues.
- Enhanced and updated the software testing strategy for an ongoing project, ensuring alignment with project goals and objectives.
- Established effective coordination with the 17 stakeholders, fostering collaboration and communication, and integrating their input into the software testing strategy, resulting in improved project outcomes.
- Aligned the software testing strategy with the organization's development process landscape, ensuring seamless integration of testing activities into the overall software development lifecycle.
- Directed activities based on the developed software testing strategy, prioritizing tasks, and allocating resources efficiently to optimize testing efforts and achieve 100% of project milestones.
- Led and managed a project using agile methodologies, focusing on test and simulation systems to create realistic simulations for complex calibration rigs, ensuring software quality by reducing production time through efficient testing strategies, leading to on-time and on-budget project completion.
- Conducted comprehensive risk analysis to identify project-related risks and implement necessary changes to improve workflow.
- Prepared and delivered project closure reports and lessons learned to stakeholders, enabling continuous improvement.
- Proactively sought opportunities to enhance customer value by understanding their problems and implementing appropriate actions.
Goran P.
Last position:
Test Manager & Analyst at Festo / Questax GmbH
Project goal: Carrying out system tests and validating industrial communication and control systems, including requirements definition and verification.
Responsibilities:
- Test planning, test execution
- Test strategy, test cases, and test specifications
- Requirements analysis
- Ensuring traceability between requirements, test cases, and defects
- Carrying out regression and integration tests
- Defect analysis
- Simulation and validation
- NetSniffer Wireshark
- Supporting test automation (Python, CI/CD)
- Reporting
- Stakeholder coordination and agile collaboration (Scrum / SAFe / Kanban)
- V-Model
- CI/CD automation with Python, Groovy, and frameworks (Selenium, PyTest)
Technologies:: CAN, Modbus, Ethernet, PLC, PROFINET, Codebeamer ALM, Scrum, SAFe, MS Teams, Git, CI/CD with GitLab CI and TeamCity, Windows Batch, FAS, Wireshark, Python, Enterprise Architect (EA), AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot), VS Code, Tia Portal, SCL, Python (Selenium, PyTest)
Dieter M.
Last position:
Software Engineer at Hamma UWT
Integration of a safety shutdown into the firmware of the MISCEO product after a specific limit value (capping) for the dispensing quantity is reached.
Familiarization with the product and its firmware (C code and functional operation).
Identification of the code sections required for the change.
Implementation of the enhancement.
Testing and documentation (source code only).
Target platform: Embedded firmware without an operating system.
Tools: Eclipse, C.
Serge Patrick T.
Last position:
Senior Test Engineer at Voith Group
- Software tests for control functions in e-mobility vehicles
- Development of software tests for complex system and component functions for control and regulation in commercial vehicles with electric mobility
- Analysis of software specifications and creation of test specifications for system and component function tests
- Further development and maintenance of test tools
- Carrying out manual and/or automated tests based on the test specifications
- Review of test specifications and participation in reviews of software specifications
- Tools: Vector CANalyzer, SIEMENS Polarion
Christian P.
Last position:
Freelance Electrical Engineer at Self-employed
- Software development for microcontrollers and PCs
- Design of architecture and modular structures based on requirements
- Implementation in programming languages (preferably C, C#)
- Documentation in source code (e.g., Doxygen) and additional documents
- Use of version control and backup systems (e.g., SVN, GitLab)
- Developer testing
- Hardware development of microcontroller-based, digital and analog circuits including power electronics
- Circuit concepts (digital and controller circuits, analog, power electronics)
- Calculation of relevant parts
- Compliance with EMC and safety guidelines
- Simulations and component selection
- PCB implementation: layout, manufacturing data, EMC and safety guidelines
- Support of prototype manufacturing and series ramp-up
- Commissioning of prototypes
- Test development: manual and automated tests, test specifications, test stand conception and equipment selection
- Requirements management and maintenance (requirements specification)
- Support of certifications and series introductions
Discover over 15,000 top freelancers
Statistics of experts using NI TestStand
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
3.6 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Automotive, Manufacturing, Healthcare
Certification focus areas
Quality Assurance, Project Management, Information Technology
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
67%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts in Germany using NI TestStand
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
NI TestStand experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Automotive (86%)
- Manufacturing (86%)
- Healthcare (43%)
- Information Technology (43%)
- Education (29%)
- Energy (29%)
- Aerospace and Defense (14%)
- Chemical (14%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Test automation platform
NI TestStand is a sequence-based test management environment from National Instruments, now part of NI. It coordinates automated tests, controls execution flow, manages results and connects test code written in environments such as LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, .NET and Python. Companies use it to turn individual measurements into repeatable test processes.
Production and validation
TestStand supports functional testing, end-of-line inspection, design verification and validation. It can run setup steps, measurements, limit checks, cleanup actions and result handling within one controlled sequence. This makes it suitable for electronic assemblies, automotive components, aerospace equipment, medical devices and industrial products.
- Create reusable test sequences for production lines
- Coordinate instrument control and unit under test communication
- Capture, evaluate and publish test results
- Adapt sequences for development, validation and manufacturing
Ecosystem and tooling
Strong work with TestStand includes the surrounding NI ecosystem. Specialists often combine it with LabVIEW, NI-DAQmx, PXI or cDAQ hardware, VISA, IVI drivers and TestStand custom step types. They may also integrate .NET or Python code, SQL databases, reporting tools, source control and hardware-in-the-loop setups.
When expertise matters
Companies typically bring in freelance expertise when an existing test architecture needs restructuring, a new product requires automated coverage or production equipment must be standardized. Specialist support is also valuable during line transfers, test-time improvements, legacy sequence maintenance and the integration of instruments from different vendors.
- A sequence has become difficult to maintain or reuse
- Test results are inconsistent across stations
- New instruments or communication protocols must be integrated
- A team needs a clear handover and maintainable documentation
What strong specialists deliver
Experienced professionals separate test logic, hardware control and reporting so that sequences remain understandable and adaptable. They define naming conventions, error handling, result schemas and reusable components instead of relying on fragile local fixes. They also understand operator workflows, station configuration and the practical constraints of manufacturing environments.
Collaboration in Germany
TestStand work can be performed remotely when sequence design, code review, documentation and database integration are the main tasks. On-site sessions may be needed for station commissioning, instrument troubleshooting or production acceptance. For teams in Germany, clarify language expectations, plant access requirements, hardware availability and the handover process before work begins.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure where to start with NI TestStand? These answers cover the essentials.
NI TestStand is used to sequence and manage automated tests. It coordinates test code, instruments, pass or fail limits, execution flow, result collection and reporting for development, validation and production environments.
NI TestStand provides ready-made execution management, result processing, reporting and operator interfaces, which can reduce the amount of infrastructure a team must maintain. A custom framework may offer more control, but it also requires the team to design and support those capabilities itself.
A strong NI TestStand specialist commonly works with LabVIEW, NI-DAQmx, PXI, cDAQ, VISA, IVI drivers and instrument communication. Experience with .NET, Python, SQL, source control and hardware-in-the-loop testing is also useful when the test system spans several technologies.
The required depth depends on the scope. A simple sequence extension may need familiarity with TestStand architecture and the existing test code, while a new production system calls for expertise in sequence design, custom steps, deployment, hardware integration, result databases and station troubleshooting.
NI TestStand work involving sequence design, reviews, documentation and software integration is often suitable for remote collaboration. On-site access in Germany can be important for commissioning, instrument diagnosis, operator training and acceptance on the physical test station.
NI TestStand sits between test sequences, code modules, measurement hardware and reporting systems. Freelancers should understand adapters, custom step types, process models, station configuration, deployment and version control, not only the visual sequence editor.
Ask for examples of maintainable sequences, clear error handling, reusable components and traceable result reporting. A capable NI TestStand professional can explain design decisions, testing methods, deployment steps and how operators or future specialists will support the system.
NI TestStand is common wherever products need repeatable automated verification, including electronics, automotive, aerospace, medical devices and industrial equipment. The exact implementation depends on the unit under test, measurement hardware, compliance needs and production workflow.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used NI TestStand in their recent projects is 97 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 777 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used NI TestStand in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 67% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used NI TestStand in their recent projects have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used NI TestStand in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (57%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used NI TestStand in their recent projects are Automotive (86%), Manufacturing (86%), and Healthcare (43%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used NI TestStand in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (100%), and Quality Assurance (100%).
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