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Automated test systems
Automated bring-up, characterization, regression, and end-of-line workflows built around your DUT, risks, and release criteria.
Hardware test engineering + automation
Build faster with test systems you can trust.
We design automated validation systems, select the right lab equipment, and build reusable test infrastructure that shortens the path from prototype to release.
Faster feedback
Move repeatable checks off the engineer's clipboard and into automated runs.
Better equipment choices
Buy what the requirements demand, with a plan for integration and growth.
Traceable evidence
Tie results to the DUT, firmware, configuration, operator, and test version.
Safer operation
Build preflight checks, limits, interlocks, and verified safe states into the workflow.
Services
Test infrastructure that keeps product development moving.
We can solve one painful bench problem or build the full path from requirements and equipment selection through automated execution and release evidence.
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Equipment selection and bench design
Requirements-based instrument selection, equipment BOMs, fixture concepts, harness maps, safety controls, and an integration plan.
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Instrument integration
Connect mixed-vendor scopes, supplies, loads, DAQs, meters, and custom hardware behind a consistent automation layer.
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V&V strategy and test planning
Requirements review, risk-based coverage, traceability, test plans, evidence expectations, and a practical execution roadmap.
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Lab readiness and safety
High-voltage and PCBA lab reviews covering procedures, limits, interlocks, preflight checks, safe states, and operator workflows.
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Fractional test engineering
Senior test leadership plus hands-on implementation for teams that need progress now without adding permanent headcount.
The new development bottleneck
AI made development faster. Hardware validation still moves at lab speed.
Faster coding and prototyping increase the number of physical builds, firmware revisions, and edge cases that need trustworthy evidence. The test system has to keep pace.
Long Game Testing turns requirements, equipment, bench configuration, automated execution, and results into a repeatable validation workflow.
Turn hardware testing into a competitive advantage
Automation as product-development leverage
Shorten the loop between a design change and a useful answer.
During bring-up
Standardize setup, instrument configuration, data capture, and first-pass checks so engineers spend less time rebuilding the bench state.
During iteration
Run the same characterization and regression checks after firmware, hardware, or calibration changes.
Before release
Produce reviewable evidence with known configurations, pass/fail logic, limits, and traceability.
As the team grows
Turn bench knowledge into maintainable workflows instead of leaving it trapped with one engineer.
Long Game test SDK
One automation layer for a mixed-vendor lab.
Our SDK separates stable test workflows from vendor-specific instrument adapters. Supported equipment can be discovered, identified, configured, and controlled through consistent interfaces, so changing a supply or scope does not require rewriting the test logic above it.
Instrument capabilities, commands, limits, and identity rules are captured in validated YAML schemas. A readable bench configuration then maps the equipment, project-defined safety controls, and evidence requirements for each system.
The SDK is an accelerator, not a black box.
We use it to deliver working automation sooner and document the bench clearly. Engagement handoff can include the project source, bench configurations, instrument schemas, automated tests, and operating documentation. Ownership and ongoing support are agreed before the build starts.
bench.yaml
Readable configuration
bench: power_stage_validation
discover: true
instruments:
supply:
profile: programmable_psu
identity: required
load:
profile: electronic_load
identity: required
safety:
preflight: required
verified_safe_state: required
evidence:
capture:
- dut_serial
- firmware_version
- test_versionDiscover and map
Know what is connected
Inventory supported equipment, verify identity, map capabilities, and create a maintainable bench configuration.
Automate and protect
Run repeatable workflows
Control instruments through consistent interfaces with project-defined limits, preflight checks, and safe-state verification.
Capture and scale
Keep useful evidence
Record the context behind each result and reuse the same foundation as products, benches, and teams evolve.
Sample validation package
See what your team gets before anyone touches the bench.
We use one BMS requirement to show how the test plan, equipment definition, reviewed wiring records, safety gates, and evidence contract come together.
BMS-REQ-002
DVT scenario
Make the physical validation chain reviewable.
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Verification plan
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Bench definition
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Wiring record
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Operator brief
Ways to start
Start with the bottleneck that is costing the team time.
Automation opportunity assessment
Find the highest-value first build
Review current test flow, manual effort, failure modes, data quality, and release needs. Leave with a prioritized automation roadmap.
Equipment and lab architecture
Design the bench before buying it
Translate requirements into an equipment BOM, connection plan, safety architecture, bench configuration, and implementation path.
Test automation readiness diagnostic
Make an existing bench dependable
Assess an existing bench or hardware-in-the-loop system for flaky automation, setup dependencies, traceability gaps, and safety controls. Get a score, risk register, and 30-day plan.
About
Built for teams where the lab, the schedule, and the risk register all matter.
Long Game Testing brings experience earned in test engineering roles at Tesla, ChargePoint, and Form Energy to startups and technical teams that need rigorous validation without enterprise drag.
The work covers high-voltage systems, PCBAs, lab operations, equipment integration, test automation, safety reviews, and fractional engineering leadership.
Best fit for teams building power electronics, EV charging, batteries and BMS, robotics, grid hardware, industrial controls, or other firmware-heavy products where slow bench feedback holds up development.
- Business
- Long Game Testing, operated by Long Game Holdings, LLC
- Location
- Oakland, California
- Service model
- Remote-first, with on-site and hybrid work available by project
Start a conversation
What is slowing down your product development right now?
A manual bench, unclear equipment choices, missing test coverage, or automation that only one person understands are all reasonable places to start.