About

The QA engineer behind Bright Testing.

I'm Catalin Diac, a software and system testing engineer with more than 7 years of professional testing experience across automotive systems and web applications.

Catalin Diac, QA engineer behind Bright Testing
7+ yearsProfessional software and system testing experience.
Manual + automationRisk-focused testing with automation where repeatable coverage adds value.
Automotive + webExperience across complex system environments and customer-facing software products.
Technical background
EducationElectrical Engineering & Applied Computer Science

Engineering background supporting software, systems and applied computing work.

CertificationISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level

Foundation-level certification in software testing principles and practices.

QA capabilitiesExploratory · Functional · Regression · Release QA

Web applications · Product workflows · Playwright automation

Working tools: Jira · Codebeamer · Playwright · Jenkins

Experience

Software and system testing across automotive and web products.

Automotive systems

More than seven years of professional software and system testing have built a strong foundation in structured validation, integration, regression, requirements, traceability and risk-based thinking across complex automotive environments.

Web products

That experience also extends to customer-facing web applications through hands-on manual and exploratory testing, API validation, release testing and pragmatic automation with tools such as Playwright where repeatable coverage creates real value.

Across both contexts, the working principle is the same: understand the product first, make risk visible, communicate findings clearly and automate deliberately.

Bright Testing
Bright Testing gives smaller software teams direct access to an experienced testing mindset without pretending to be a large QA agency.
BRIGHT values

The values behind Bright Testing.

Six principles that shape how I think about quality, product risk and collaboration.

B · Brilliance

Clarity in thinking and execution.

R · Responsibility

Ownership of quality risk.

I · Insight

Curiosity before assumptions.

G · Growth

Continuous learning and adaptation.

H · Human-Centricity

Test for the real user, not only the requirement.

T · Team Agility

Flexible, low-friction collaboration.