Abstract: Sensors in a test bench environment have to be parameterized in advance. This is a complex task that up to now has been performed mostly manually by a test bench engineer. In order to make the parameterization of a sensor (54) easier, it is proposed that the position of the sensor on the object under test (1) be ascertained through suitable localization methods and the ascertained position be compared with geometric data of the object under test (1), from which the position of the sensor (54) on the object under test (1) can be derived, and from this position on the object under test (1), the variable physically measured by the sensor (54) can be assigned to the sensor (54).