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 Duration 28 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Functional Safety in Automotive Systems

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

ISO 26262 Safety Management Processes Overview

  • Structure and components of ISO 26262
  • The safety lifecycle and associated management tasks
  • Defined roles and responsibilities in safety projects
  • Cultivating a safety culture and organisational processes

ISO 26262 Compliance and Legal Implications

  • Interpreting compliance requirements
  • Legal and regulatory impacts of functional safety
  • Documentation and evidentiary standards
  • Preparing organisations for ISO 26262 integration

Core Functional Safety Concepts and Principles

  • Essential functional safety terminology
  • Safety goals and associated requirements
  • Automotive Safety Integrity Levels (ASIL)
  • Concepts of ASIL determination and decomposition

Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment

  • Identifying hazards within automotive systems
  • Executing Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA)
  • Assessing risk levels and deriving safety requirements
  • Formulating safety goals and mitigation strategies

Safety-Oriented System Design

  • Translating safety goals into technical specifications
  • Developing safety concepts and system architectures
  • System-level safety considerations
  • Safety mechanisms and fault handling strategies

Technical Safety Requirements

  • Creating technical safety concepts
  • Hardware and software safety mandates
  • Ensuring traceability from requirements to implementation
  • Planning for verification and validation

Hardware Development for Functional Safety

  • Hardware design considerations
  • Hardware architectural metrics
  • Failure analysis methodologies
  • Implementing safety mechanisms in electronic components

Software Development for Functional Safety

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

Supporting Processes and Safety Activities

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

Verification, Validation, and Safety Assessment

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

Certification and Industry Implementation

  • Approaches to ISO 26262 certification
  • Typical implementation challenges
  • Best practices for automotive organisations
  • Applying ISO 26262 in live project scenarios

Practical Workshop and Course Review

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

Requirements

  • Automotive development experience.

Target Audience

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

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