iOS| how to do automated and repeated launching of an app?

I want a simplest was to do this:

1. Simulate a tap where my app icon is on screen (this is a fixed location so the x-y coordinates can be hard coded). Basically, I want to launch a particular app installed on my iPad.
2. Wait for 10 seconds
3. Simulate home button press
4. Wait for 2 seconds.

My app connects and communicates with a server when it launches, and I want to do some reliability testing with the actual app running on iPad.

What is the simplest was to doing this?

Thanks you.