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 Duration 28 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Functional Safety in Automotive Systems

  • Fundamental concepts of functional safety
  • The significance of ISO 26262 in automotive engineering
  • Defining the scope and goals of the standard
  • Interdependencies among hardware, software, and system safety

Overview of ISO 26262 Safety Management Processes

  • Structure and components of ISO 26262
  • The safety lifecycle and key management activities
  • Defining roles and responsibilities in safety projects
  • Cultivating safety culture and organizational processes

ISO 26262 Compliance and Legal Considerations

  • Navigating compliance requirements
  • Legal and regulatory impacts of functional safety
  • Documentation and evidentiary needs
  • Preparing organizations for successful ISO 26262 adoption

Functional Safety Concepts and Principles

  • Essential functional safety terminology
  • Formulating safety goals and requirements
  • Automotive Safety Integrity Levels (ASIL)
  • ASIL determination and decomposition methodologies

Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment

  • Identifying potential hazards in automotive systems
  • Executing Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA)
  • Assessing risk levels and deriving safety requirements
  • Establishing safety goals and mitigation plans

Safety-Oriented System Design

  • Converting safety goals into technical specifications
  • Designing robust safety concepts and architectures
  • System-level safety considerations
  • Implementing safety mechanisms and fault-handling strategies

Technical Safety Requirements

  • Developing technical safety concepts
  • Defining hardware and software safety requirements
  • Ensuring traceability from requirements to implementation
  • Planning for verification and validation

Hardware Development for Functional Safety

  • Hardware design best practices
  • Hardware architectural metrics
  • Failure analysis techniques
  • Applying safety mechanisms to electronic components

Software Development for Functional Safety

  • Safety-focused software development processes
  • Software architecture and design principles
  • Coding standards for safety-critical systems
  • Approaches to software verification and testing

Supporting Processes and Safety Activities

  • Configuration management
  • Change management
  • Documentation and traceability
  • Tool qualification and establishing confidence in software tools

Verification, Validation, and Safety Assessment

  • Concept verification activities
  • Testing strategies for safety-critical systems
  • Techniques for reviews, analysis, and validation
  • Compiling comprehensive safety evidence

Certification and Industry Implementation

  • Approaches to ISO 26262 certification
  • Addressing common implementation challenges
  • Best practices for automotive organizations
  • Applying ISO 26262 in practical projects

Practical Workshop and Course Review

  • Applying ISO 26262 methods to specific automotive scenarios
  • Conducting safety analysis exercises
  • Reviewing functional safety documentation
  • Recap of key concepts and actionable next steps

Requirements

  • Background in automotive development.

Target Audience

  • Engineers
  • Developers
  • Manufacturing professionals
  • Managers
  • Technical leads
  • Quality assurance engineers
  • Technicians

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