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Introduction to Functional Safety in Automotive Systems

  • Grasping fundamental functional safety concepts
  • The significance of ISO 26262 in automotive development
  • The scope and goals of the standard
  • The interplay between hardware, software, and system safety

Overview of ISO 26262 Safety Management Processes

  • The structure and components of ISO 26262
  • Safety lifecycle and associated management activities
  • Roles and duties within safety-focused projects
  • Safety culture and organizational procedures

ISO 26262 Compliance and Legal Considerations

  • Interpreting compliance obligations
  • Legal and regulatory impacts of functional safety
  • Documentation and evidentiary requirements
  • Preparing organizations for ISO 26262 adoption

Functional Safety Concepts and Principles

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

Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment

  • Identifying hazards in automotive systems
  • Conducting Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA)
  • Assessing risk levels and establishing safety requirements
  • Formulating safety goals and mitigation strategies

Safety-Oriented System Design

  • Converting safety goals into technical requirements
  • Designing safety concepts and architectures
  • System-level safety factors
  • Safety mechanisms and fault handling approaches

Technical Safety Requirements

  • Creating technical safety concepts
  • Hardware and software safety mandates
  • Maintaining traceability between requirements and implementation
  • Planning for verification and validation

Hardware Development for Functional Safety

  • Considerations for hardware design
  • Hardware architectural metrics
  • Failure analysis methods
  • Implementing safety mechanisms in electronic components

Software Development for Functional Safety

  • Safety-focused software development processes
  • Software architecture and design fundamentals
  • Coding standards for safety-critical systems
  • Software verification and testing methods

Supporting Processes and Safety Activities

  • Configuration management
  • Change management
  • Documentation and traceability
  • Tool qualification and software tool confidence

Verification, Validation, and Safety Assessment

  • Concept verification tasks
  • Testing strategies for safety-critical systems
  • Review, analysis, and validation techniques
  • Compiling safety evidence

Certification and Industry Implementation

  • Overview of ISO 26262 certification methods
  • Common implementation hurdles
  • Best practices for automotive organizations
  • Applying ISO 26262 in practical projects

Practical Workshop and Course Review

  • Applying ISO 26262 methods to automotive scenarios
  • Executing safety analysis exercises
  • Reviewing functional safety documentation
  • Recap of key concepts and subsequent steps

Requirements

  • Experience in automotive development.

Target Audience

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

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