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Introduction to Functional Safety in Automotive Systems

  • Foundations of functional safety
  • The role of ISO 26262 in automotive engineering
  • Scope and primary objectives of the standard
  • The interplay between hardware, software, and system safety

Overview of ISO 26262 Safety Management Processes

  • Structure and components of ISO 26262
  • Safety lifecycle and associated management activities
  • Defined roles and responsibilities in safety projects
  • Cultivating a safety-first culture and organizational processes

ISO 26262 Compliance and Legal Considerations

  • Navigating compliance requirements
  • Legal and regulatory impacts of functional safety
  • Essential documentation and evidence standards
  • Preparing organizations for successful ISO 26262 adoption

Functional Safety Concepts and Principles

  • Core terminology in functional safety
  • Establishing safety goals and requirements
  • Automotive Safety Integrity Levels (ASIL)
  • Concepts for determining and decomposing ASIL

Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment

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

Safety-Oriented System Design

  • Converting safety goals into technical requirements
  • Architecting safety concepts and system designs
  • Key system-level safety considerations
  • Implementing safety mechanisms and fault management

Technical Safety Requirements

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

Hardware Development for Functional Safety

  • Hardware design best practices
  • Hardware architectural metrics
  • Techniques for failure analysis
  • Applying safety mechanisms to electronic components

Software Development for Functional Safety

  • Safety-focused software development workflows
  • Software architecture and design principles
  • Coding standards for safety-critical systems
  • Strategies for software verification and testing

Supporting Processes and Safety Activities

  • Configuration management
  • Change management protocols
  • Documentation and traceability practices
  • Tool qualification and assurance of software tools

Verification, Validation, and Safety Assessment

  • Verification activities for safety concepts
  • Testing approaches for safety-critical systems
  • Conducting reviews, analyses, and validations
  • Compiling safety evidence

Certification and Industry Implementation

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

Practical Workshop and Course Review

  • Applying ISO 26262 methodologies to automotive scenarios
  • Completing safety analysis exercises
  • Reviewing functional safety documentation
  • Summary of key takeaways and next steps

Requirements

  • Professional experience in automotive development.

Target Audience

  • Engineers
  • Developers
  • Manufacturing specialists
  • Managers
  • Technical leads
  • Quality assurance engineers
  • Technicians
 28 Hours

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