Thomas Beyens

Quality Engineering Manager — Ham, Belgium

I turn test automation from a checkbox into a competitive advantage — fourteen years building CI/CD pipelines and leading validation teams across semiconductors, HVAC, telecom, audio, and automotive.

14Years
8Companies
5Industries

About

My path started as a test automation consultant, rotating through client teams to fix broken CI pipelines wherever they broke. Since then I've moved from writing the automation myself to leading the teams that build it — now directing quality strategy end to end, from R&D validation through supplier quality and CAPA. Whatever the industry, the goal hasn't changed: catch problems before they reach a customer, and make the process fast enough that nobody's tempted to skip it.

Core Skills

Test Automation StrategyPythonCI/CDDockerRobot FrameworkGitLab CIDevOpsLeadership

Professional Experience

Quality Engineering Manager

PVS, Stevoort, Belgium · 09/2025 — Present Now

Audio equipment manufacturer — parent of AUDAC, Procab, and Caymon.

  • Automated framework architecture: spearheading a company-wide automated testing framework, integrating HW/SW validation into a unified CI/CD pipeline.
  • Strategic leadership: directing a team of 5 engineers on R&D validation and verification.
  • Stakeholder collaboration: partnering with executive leadership to define quality KPIs and align engineering roadmaps with business objectives.
  • Cross-functional efficiency: architecting a unified testing strategy bridging R&D and Incoming Quality Control, drastically reducing lead times.
  • Quality governance: managing CAPA, supplier quality, and end-of-line procedures.
AgileCAPAERPRCASupplier Quality

Test Automation Engineer & Team Lead

Melexis (via QTeal), Tessenderlo · 05/2024 — 07/2025

  • Architecture: spearheaded a unified HW/SW validation framework using Docker and Python.
  • DevOps: integrated Robot Framework into GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
  • Leadership: mentored team members and defined project goals with stakeholders.
Embedded Systems

DevOps & Test Automation Engineer

BELPARTS NV (via QTeal), Rotselaar · 01/2024 — 05/2024

  • Developed in-house test automation drivers and libraries.
  • Implemented release management SDLC for software.
SDLC

DevOps & Test Automation Engineer

Enovates (via QTeal), Lokeren · 01/2023 — 09/2023

  • Automated internal software release processes.
  • Built dashboards for visualizing test results and SDLC insights.
DashboardingRelease Automation

DevOps & Test Automation Engineer

Daikin Europe (via QTeal), Ghent · 04/2020 — 03/2023

  • WLAN adapter platform test development.
  • Developed custom CI framework tooling on GitLab CI.
  • Created cross-organization debugging tools.
WLANTooling

DevOps & CI Development Engineer

NXP Semiconductors (via QTeal), Leuven · 03/2019 — 08/2021

Overlaps with the Daikin engagement above — concurrent contracts, both staffed through QTeal.

  • Developed CI and automation systems for a complete product-range team.
  • Backend coding in Groovy for Jenkins support.
JenkinsGroovyEmbedded

Test Automation Engineer

SoftAtHome (via QTeal), Wijgmaal · 07/2017 — 03/2019

  • Hardware setup for mesh WiFi system testing.
  • Regression test cases and Kibana reporting.
WiFiKibanaHardware Testing

Test Automation Consultant

Tass Technology Solutions, Leuven · 08/2013 — 07/2017

  • Test automation consultant for companies including Daikin and Accelleran.
  • Trainer in CI/CD practices.
C/C++TCP/IPConsultingCI/CD Training

Education

Master, Electronics-ICT

Xios Hogeschool Limburg · 2011 — 2013

Industrial Engineering

Bachelor, Electronics-ICT

Xios Hogeschool Limburg · 2008 — 2011

Let's talk

thomas.beyens@gmail.com

Ham, Belgium