Embedded Test Strategy
Bringing rigor and passion to every project.
When Success is the Only Option
Embedded hardware and software systems are pivotal to the success of your project. Ensuring that success demands rigorous testing that anticipates a wide range of operational scenarios, including those overlooked during design and development. Developing a rigorous test strategy early in your product lifecycle requires a critical understanding of your component’s requirements and the necessary testing to confirm its functionality. You need a partner with the expertise to not only recommend a comprehensive test plan with appropriate test case coverage, but also a deep understanding of regulatory standards and testing methodologies essential to ensure functional safety. For over three decades, Genuen's core focus has been supporting the successful execution of complex projects in regulated industries. Our approach to test strategy helps you to establish a competitive advantage by optimizing value from your investment in test, decreasing overall development costs and reducing time-to-market.
Design with Test in Mind
A comprehensive test strategy is vital from the very beginning of your product development. Activities early in development – such as concept development and high-level design – directly influence the effectiveness of verification and validation activities. By defining and integrating test plans in parallel with your design, you can identify potential issues early, reducing the risk of delays and redesigns, which increase project spend exponentially as development progresses. At Genuen, we emphasize the importance of aligning test strategies with development goals, ensuring that every phase is interconnected.
Embedded Test Strategy Services
Our Embedded Test Strategy services cover every stage of testing preparation, from requirements modeling to compliance with safety-critical standards. This integrated approach helps you identify potential issues early, reducing costs and ensuring reliable testing outcomes.
Genuen’s Requirements Modeling solutions provide a comprehensive approach to developing and managing system requirements through model-based engineering, enabling clearer stakeholder communication, reduced errors, and more efficient project planning and execution. Our solutions help you create scalable models that accelerate design timelines, reduce development costs, and anticipate challenges for successful execution of complex projects.
Our Test Case Coverage analysis services help ensure that your products are ready for their next development phase. Through expert analysis of detailed requirements, we ensure your product's functionality and compliance. By achieving an optimal balance in testing, we prevent defective products and reduce unnecessary costs.
Navigating industry-specific regulatory standards can be challenging. Genuen's extensive experience and strategic planning services will guide you through the complexities of standards compliance, providing confidence at every stage, regardless of your application. Our team has decades of experience helping clients across industries navigate standards such as: Aerospace DO-178B/C, DO-254, DO-160, DO-330, Automotive ISO 26262, Rail EN-5128, EN-5129, and Medical IEC 62304, 21 CFR 820.
For components that must not fail, Genuen's Functional Safety services ensure that your embedded systems comply with stringent safety standards. Our team includes engineers with previous experience developing embedded systems to guide you through the development process. Genuen’s comprehensive approach covers everything from risk assessment and hazard analysis to verification and validation, providing you with a robust safety strategy.
Transform Your Testing Approach with Genuen's Expertise
At Genuen, we combine mission-critical expertise with advanced testing strategies to meet the demands of embedded systems projects. Our process ensures alignment with your goals, whether you're targeting compliance with standards like DO-178C or refining your approach to validation and verification for non-safety-critical applications.
When you partner with Genuen, you can expect:
Thorough
Requirements
Analysis
Our team will take the time to fully understand your needs before suggesting the most suitable testing approaches, based on our experience and expertise.
Comprehensive
Testing
Strategies
Techniques like risk-based testing, use-case-driven testing, fault tree analysis, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, and more.
Requirements-
Driven Testing
Approach
Activities such as gap analysis, requirements generation, detailed project documentation, and scalable automation, as well as data collection, monitoring, and analysis.
Collaborative
Test
Execution
Genuen works alongside your team to adapt testing strategies, solve challenges, and ensure alignment with your project’s goals.
CASE STUDY
Software Tool Validation of OTS Medical Software
Genuen created a tool qualification kit (TQK) for IBM's DOORS Next Generation (DNG) product, which is a commercial software solution used for requirements management. In this case study DNG was being used in medical device software product development. Stringent medical device standards like 21 CFR 820.70(i) and 21 CFR 11 require that software tools used to develop medical devices be validated. Learn more about Genuen’s TQK and how it helps to streamline the software tool validation process to meet the rigorous requirements of 21 CFR 820.70(i) and 21 CFR 11.
WHITE PAPER
Translating Experience from Aerospace to Other Industries
Learn how Genuen's experience in the development of test infrastructure to meet strict standards such as DO-178 translates to standards and compliance testing in other industries. The expertise of compliance lies in understanding the applicable process objectives; and in setting the project up for success in each phase through careful planning, execution, and attention to detail.
SOFTWARE
TOOL QUALIFICATION KITS
Many regulatory agencies require that software tools used to tailor the safety life-cycle must be qualified to ensure that the tool is functioning correctly for the intended purpose. Genuen’s Tool Qualification Kits (TQK) provide a solid foundation for achieving formal qualifications used as part of your development process in highly regulated industries such as automotive, aerospace and medical devices.