Test Engineering Challenges On time test deployment within budget requires a test system that provides adequate test coverage and low test times while ensuring the manufacture of quality products. In developing a test platform, you must balance three competing challenges: time (test development, execution and system deployment); cost (capital and integration); and scope (throughput, accuracy and fl exibility) [see Figure 1]. In today’s automotive electronics manufacturing environment, a reusable, scalable test platform helps meet evolving test requirements and lets you stay competitive.