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Whether you're an embedded systems engineer transitioning into safety-critical design, a project manager overseeing autonomous vehicle development, or a compliance officer ensuring regulatory alignment, this course is built to work for you. Our graduates include functional safety leads at Tier 1 automotive suppliers, robotics developers at AI startups, and quality assurance specialists in aerospace innovation labs – all of whom have used this training to accelerate promotions, lead audits, and design systems that meet the highest safety standards. Here’s what one systems architect said: “I went from feeling overwhelmed by the ASIL decomposition process to confidently leading my team’s safety case documentation within two weeks. This course clarified everything the standard left ambiguous.” And a senior software engineer shared: “I was skeptical because I’ve read the ISO 26262 documents before. But this course transformed abstract clauses into real design decisions. I now catch functional safety gaps in code reviews that I would’ve missed before.” This Works Even If…
…you have no prior experience with functional safety standards, …you’ve struggled with dense regulatory texts in the past, …you’re not a native English speaker, or …you’re balancing this learning with a demanding job. The content is written for clarity, reinforced with real-world analogies, and structured around practical decision-making – so you build confidence through application, not memorization. This course is designed to eliminate confusion, reduce implementation risk, and equip you with tools you can use from Day One. That’s the power of risk reversal: we shoulder the risk, so you can focus entirely on your growth.
EXTENSIVE & DETAILED COURSE CURRICULUM
Module 1: Foundations of Functional Safety in Autonomous Systems - Understanding the role of functional safety in autonomous technologies
- Key differences between traditional and autonomous system safety
- Overview of safety-critical systems in automotive, robotics, and industrial automation
- The relationship between ISO 26262 and other safety standards
- Defining hazards, risks, and hazardous operational scenarios
- Introduction to risk assessment methodologies for autonomous behavior
- The importance of safety culture in engineering organizations
- Introduction to the V-model in safety-critical system development
- Key stakeholders in a functional safety lifecycle
- Legal and liability implications of safety failures in autonomous systems
Module 2: Deep Dive into ISO 26262 Structure and Governance - Complete breakdown of ISO 26262 parts and their interconnections
- Understanding the scope and applicability to different vehicle classes
- Defining the Safety Lifecycle and its phases
- Role of the Safety Manager and organizational responsibilities
- Establishing a Functional Safety Management Plan
- Documentation requirements across the safety lifecycle
- Differences between development at different ASIL levels
- How ISO 26262 integrates with product development processes
- Handling deviations and waivers in compliance
- Managing subcontractor and supplier safety responsibilities
Module 3: Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA) - Step-by-step process for conducting HARA
- Identifying operational domains and use cases for autonomous systems
- Defining vehicle motion categories and operational modes
- Determining severity, exposure, and controllability parameters
- Calculating ASIL levels using the risk matrix
- Resolving borderline ASIL classifications
- Treating multi-fault scenarios in hazard evaluation
- Common pitfalls in HARA and how to avoid them
- Linking hazards to functional safety goals
- Creating a traceable HARA report for audits
Module 4: Functional Safety Concepts and Architecture - Deriving functional safety requirements from safety goals
- Decomposing safety goals into lower-level requirements
- Using ASIL decomposition to reduce component-level requirements
- Designing safety mechanisms at the functional level
- Allocation of safety requirements to system elements
- Handling redundancy and fail-operational strategies
- Developing functional safety architectural designs
- Evaluating architectural metrics: SPFM, LFM, PMHF
- Documenting the Functional Safety Concept report
- Mapping functional requirements to vehicle-level functions
Module 5: Technical Safety Requirements and Implementation - Transitioning from functional to technical safety requirements
- Specifying safety requirements for hardware and software components
- Ensuring traceability between requirement levels
- Integrating diagnostic coverage into technical design
- Defining fault tolerance and safe states
- Specifying response times and timing constraints for safety functions
- Handling common cause failures in technical design
- Creating hardware and software safety specifications
- Using requirement management tools effectively
- Validating technical safety requirements against HARA
Module 6: Hardware Design for ASIL Compliance - Designing hardware according to ISO 26262 Part 5
- Selecting components with suitable failure rates
- Calculating hardware architectural metrics
- Performing FMEDA (Failure Modes Effects and Diagnostic Analysis)
- Designing for single-point and latent fault coverage
- Selecting microcontrollers and sensors with safety features
- Incorporating watchdogs, CRC, and memory protection
- Validating hardware designs through testing and analysis
- Handling voltage, temperature, and environmental stress factors
- Preparing hardware safety cases for auditors
Module 7: Software Development for Functional Safety - Applying ISO 26262 Part 6 to software development
- Establishing a safety-oriented software development process
- Defining software safety requirements with traceability
- Applying software architectural design guidelines
- Using layered architectures to isolate safety-critical code
- Implementing software safety mechanisms (e.g. lockstep execution)
- Designing for error detection and fault recovery
- Ensuring timing predictability in real-time systems
- Managing software complexity using modular design
- Documenting software safety requirements for certification
Module 8: Software Unit and Integration Testing - Developing software test strategies per ASIL level
- Writing effective test cases for safety requirements
- Implementing white-box testing for code coverage
- Using statement, branch, and MC/DC coverage criteria
- Selecting appropriate coverage tools and interpreting results
- Testing software modules in isolation (unit testing)
- Integrating modules safely and verifying interfaces
- Handling concurrency and timing in integration tests
- Documenting test cases and execution results
- Traceability from tests to software requirements
Module 9: Verification, Validation, and Confirmation - Differentiating verification, validation, and confirmation
- Planning a comprehensive safety validation strategy
- Executing system-level tests under fault injection
- Validating behavior in edge-case and failure scenarios
- Using simulation and virtual testing environments
- Testing in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and vehicle prototypes
- Evaluating performance in degraded modes
- Confirming safety goals are met under real conditions
- Documenting validation results for auditors
- Conducting independent safety assessments
Module 10: Functional Safety Assessment and Certification - Preparing for a functional safety audit
- Assembling a complete safety case portfolio
- Responding to auditor questions and findings
- Understanding the role of certification bodies
- Demonstrating compliance with each lifecycle phase
- Presenting evidence for requirement traceability
- Handling non-conformities and corrective actions
- Obtaining third-party certification for products
- Conducting internal assessments before external audits
- Using certification as a competitive advantage
Module 11: ISO 26262 for Autonomous Driving Levels 3–5 - Challenges of applying ISO 26262 to Level 3+ autonomous systems
- Defining fallback behavior and minimal risk conditions
- HARA considerations for ODD (Operational Design Domain)
- Handling dynamic driving task handover safely
- Safety implications of human machine interface (HMI) design
- Sensor fusion safety and redundancy strategies
- Decision-making algorithms and their safety assurance
- Safety validation in mixed autonomy environments
- Interactions between automated and manual driving modes
- Transition of control: timing, alerts, and confirmation
Module 12: SOTIF (ISO 21448) Integration with ISO 26262 - Understanding the scope of SOTIF and its relationship to ISO 26262
- Identifying SOTIF hazards arising from performance limitations
- Extending HARA to include SOTIF scenarios
- Evaluating sensor perception weaknesses and edge cases
- Validating autonomous behavior in complex environments
- Combining SOTIF and ISO 26262 safety cases
- Using scenario-based testing for SOTIF verification
- Addressing unknown unknowns in safety assurance
- Developing fallback strategies for SOTIF-related risks
- Harmonizing documentation for combined audits
Module 13: Cybersecurity and Safety Interactions (ISO 21434) - Intersection of functional safety and cybersecurity
- How cyber attacks can compromise safety functions
- Leveraging TARA (Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment) outcomes
- Coordinating safety and security requirement development
- Protecting safety-critical communication channels
- Secure boot, firmware updates, and access control mechanisms
- Designing intrusion detection and response systems
- Testing for safety impacts of cyber vulnerabilities
- Integrating security into functional safety audits
- Ensuring both standards are addressed in the safety case
Module 14: Tool Qualification and Confidence Levels - Understanding tool classification and impact analysis
- Determining tool confidence levels (TCL1, TCL2, TCL3)
- Applying qualification processes for modeling and testing tools
- Documenting tool qualification for auditors
- Using commercial off-the-shelf tools in safety workflows
- Qualifying in-house or custom development tools
- Handling open-source tools in safety projects
- Automating traceability and verification with qualified tools
- Reducing effort through tool qualification reuse
- Maintaining tool usage records throughout the lifecycle
Module 15: Managing Changes and Configuration Control - Establishing a configuration management plan
- Tracking versions of requirements, designs, and code
- Handling change requests in a safety-controlled environment
- Assessing the safety impact of design modifications
- Implementing baselines and release gates
- Using change control boards for high-impact decisions
- Controlling software and hardware variants
- Managing post-production and field updates safely
- Ensuring configuration records are audit-ready
- Integrating configuration control with development tools
Module 16: Supplier Management and Safety Assurance - Allocating safety responsibilities to suppliers
- Drafting safety requirements in procurement contracts
- Conducting supplier assessments and audits
- Evaluating supplier capability and development processes
- Managing dual-sourcing and component interchangeability
- Ensuring supplier deliverables meet ISO 26262 requirements
- Handling subcontracting within the supply chain
- Reviewing supplier test reports and safety evidence
- Resolving non-conformances with external vendors
- Coordinating joint safety reviews and milestone checks
Module 17: Safety Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining safety KPIs for development and operation
- Monitoring software reliability in the field
- Collecting and analyzing field failure data
- Using FMEA and FTA to improve future designs
- Setting thresholds for safety-related recalls
- Implementing feedback loops into design processes
- Updating safety cases based on real-world data
- Improving diagnostic coverage from service experience
- Leveraging over-the-air updates for continual safety gains
- Building a learning organization around safety
Module 18: Real-World Application Projects and Case Studies - Designing an ADAS safety case from scratch
- Conducting a full HARA for a highway autopilot system
- Developing functional safety requirements for lane keeping assist
- Creating a technical safety concept for a braking ECU
- Performing ASIL decomposition for redundant sensor systems
- Building a FMEDA for a motor control unit
- Writing safety requirements for over-the-air software updates
- Validating fallback behavior in a Level 4 robotaxi
- Integrating SOTIF analysis with functional safety testing
- Preparing audit documentation for a full system certification
Module 19: Professional Development and Career Advancement - Positioning your ISO 26262 expertise on LinkedIn and resumes
- Preparing for functional safety job interviews
- Communicating complex safety concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Negotiating safety leadership roles and higher compensation
- Transitioning into safety roles from software, hardware, or systems engineering
- Building a personal brand as a safety expert
- Networking with industry professionals and safety auditors
- Contributing to safety standards and working groups
- Mentoring junior engineers in functional safety practices
- Using your Certificate of Completion as proof of skill
Module 20: Next Steps, Certification, and Lifelong Access - Finalizing your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Submitting your project portfolio for feedback
- Reviewing and retaining your personal work products
- Accessing future updates and expanded content
- Joining the alumni network of ISO 26262 practitioners
- Revisiting modules as you take on new safety challenges
- Using course materials as a reference throughout your career
- Updating your skills as regulations evolve
- Sharing knowledge with your engineering team
- Knowing you have a permanent, trusted resource for autonomous systems safety
Module 1: Foundations of Functional Safety in Autonomous Systems - Understanding the role of functional safety in autonomous technologies
- Key differences between traditional and autonomous system safety
- Overview of safety-critical systems in automotive, robotics, and industrial automation
- The relationship between ISO 26262 and other safety standards
- Defining hazards, risks, and hazardous operational scenarios
- Introduction to risk assessment methodologies for autonomous behavior
- The importance of safety culture in engineering organizations
- Introduction to the V-model in safety-critical system development
- Key stakeholders in a functional safety lifecycle
- Legal and liability implications of safety failures in autonomous systems
Module 2: Deep Dive into ISO 26262 Structure and Governance - Complete breakdown of ISO 26262 parts and their interconnections
- Understanding the scope and applicability to different vehicle classes
- Defining the Safety Lifecycle and its phases
- Role of the Safety Manager and organizational responsibilities
- Establishing a Functional Safety Management Plan
- Documentation requirements across the safety lifecycle
- Differences between development at different ASIL levels
- How ISO 26262 integrates with product development processes
- Handling deviations and waivers in compliance
- Managing subcontractor and supplier safety responsibilities
Module 3: Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA) - Step-by-step process for conducting HARA
- Identifying operational domains and use cases for autonomous systems
- Defining vehicle motion categories and operational modes
- Determining severity, exposure, and controllability parameters
- Calculating ASIL levels using the risk matrix
- Resolving borderline ASIL classifications
- Treating multi-fault scenarios in hazard evaluation
- Common pitfalls in HARA and how to avoid them
- Linking hazards to functional safety goals
- Creating a traceable HARA report for audits
Module 4: Functional Safety Concepts and Architecture - Deriving functional safety requirements from safety goals
- Decomposing safety goals into lower-level requirements
- Using ASIL decomposition to reduce component-level requirements
- Designing safety mechanisms at the functional level
- Allocation of safety requirements to system elements
- Handling redundancy and fail-operational strategies
- Developing functional safety architectural designs
- Evaluating architectural metrics: SPFM, LFM, PMHF
- Documenting the Functional Safety Concept report
- Mapping functional requirements to vehicle-level functions
Module 5: Technical Safety Requirements and Implementation - Transitioning from functional to technical safety requirements
- Specifying safety requirements for hardware and software components
- Ensuring traceability between requirement levels
- Integrating diagnostic coverage into technical design
- Defining fault tolerance and safe states
- Specifying response times and timing constraints for safety functions
- Handling common cause failures in technical design
- Creating hardware and software safety specifications
- Using requirement management tools effectively
- Validating technical safety requirements against HARA
Module 6: Hardware Design for ASIL Compliance - Designing hardware according to ISO 26262 Part 5
- Selecting components with suitable failure rates
- Calculating hardware architectural metrics
- Performing FMEDA (Failure Modes Effects and Diagnostic Analysis)
- Designing for single-point and latent fault coverage
- Selecting microcontrollers and sensors with safety features
- Incorporating watchdogs, CRC, and memory protection
- Validating hardware designs through testing and analysis
- Handling voltage, temperature, and environmental stress factors
- Preparing hardware safety cases for auditors
Module 7: Software Development for Functional Safety - Applying ISO 26262 Part 6 to software development
- Establishing a safety-oriented software development process
- Defining software safety requirements with traceability
- Applying software architectural design guidelines
- Using layered architectures to isolate safety-critical code
- Implementing software safety mechanisms (e.g. lockstep execution)
- Designing for error detection and fault recovery
- Ensuring timing predictability in real-time systems
- Managing software complexity using modular design
- Documenting software safety requirements for certification
Module 8: Software Unit and Integration Testing - Developing software test strategies per ASIL level
- Writing effective test cases for safety requirements
- Implementing white-box testing for code coverage
- Using statement, branch, and MC/DC coverage criteria
- Selecting appropriate coverage tools and interpreting results
- Testing software modules in isolation (unit testing)
- Integrating modules safely and verifying interfaces
- Handling concurrency and timing in integration tests
- Documenting test cases and execution results
- Traceability from tests to software requirements
Module 9: Verification, Validation, and Confirmation - Differentiating verification, validation, and confirmation
- Planning a comprehensive safety validation strategy
- Executing system-level tests under fault injection
- Validating behavior in edge-case and failure scenarios
- Using simulation and virtual testing environments
- Testing in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and vehicle prototypes
- Evaluating performance in degraded modes
- Confirming safety goals are met under real conditions
- Documenting validation results for auditors
- Conducting independent safety assessments
Module 10: Functional Safety Assessment and Certification - Preparing for a functional safety audit
- Assembling a complete safety case portfolio
- Responding to auditor questions and findings
- Understanding the role of certification bodies
- Demonstrating compliance with each lifecycle phase
- Presenting evidence for requirement traceability
- Handling non-conformities and corrective actions
- Obtaining third-party certification for products
- Conducting internal assessments before external audits
- Using certification as a competitive advantage
Module 11: ISO 26262 for Autonomous Driving Levels 3–5 - Challenges of applying ISO 26262 to Level 3+ autonomous systems
- Defining fallback behavior and minimal risk conditions
- HARA considerations for ODD (Operational Design Domain)
- Handling dynamic driving task handover safely
- Safety implications of human machine interface (HMI) design
- Sensor fusion safety and redundancy strategies
- Decision-making algorithms and their safety assurance
- Safety validation in mixed autonomy environments
- Interactions between automated and manual driving modes
- Transition of control: timing, alerts, and confirmation
Module 12: SOTIF (ISO 21448) Integration with ISO 26262 - Understanding the scope of SOTIF and its relationship to ISO 26262
- Identifying SOTIF hazards arising from performance limitations
- Extending HARA to include SOTIF scenarios
- Evaluating sensor perception weaknesses and edge cases
- Validating autonomous behavior in complex environments
- Combining SOTIF and ISO 26262 safety cases
- Using scenario-based testing for SOTIF verification
- Addressing unknown unknowns in safety assurance
- Developing fallback strategies for SOTIF-related risks
- Harmonizing documentation for combined audits
Module 13: Cybersecurity and Safety Interactions (ISO 21434) - Intersection of functional safety and cybersecurity
- How cyber attacks can compromise safety functions
- Leveraging TARA (Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment) outcomes
- Coordinating safety and security requirement development
- Protecting safety-critical communication channels
- Secure boot, firmware updates, and access control mechanisms
- Designing intrusion detection and response systems
- Testing for safety impacts of cyber vulnerabilities
- Integrating security into functional safety audits
- Ensuring both standards are addressed in the safety case
Module 14: Tool Qualification and Confidence Levels - Understanding tool classification and impact analysis
- Determining tool confidence levels (TCL1, TCL2, TCL3)
- Applying qualification processes for modeling and testing tools
- Documenting tool qualification for auditors
- Using commercial off-the-shelf tools in safety workflows
- Qualifying in-house or custom development tools
- Handling open-source tools in safety projects
- Automating traceability and verification with qualified tools
- Reducing effort through tool qualification reuse
- Maintaining tool usage records throughout the lifecycle
Module 15: Managing Changes and Configuration Control - Establishing a configuration management plan
- Tracking versions of requirements, designs, and code
- Handling change requests in a safety-controlled environment
- Assessing the safety impact of design modifications
- Implementing baselines and release gates
- Using change control boards for high-impact decisions
- Controlling software and hardware variants
- Managing post-production and field updates safely
- Ensuring configuration records are audit-ready
- Integrating configuration control with development tools
Module 16: Supplier Management and Safety Assurance - Allocating safety responsibilities to suppliers
- Drafting safety requirements in procurement contracts
- Conducting supplier assessments and audits
- Evaluating supplier capability and development processes
- Managing dual-sourcing and component interchangeability
- Ensuring supplier deliverables meet ISO 26262 requirements
- Handling subcontracting within the supply chain
- Reviewing supplier test reports and safety evidence
- Resolving non-conformances with external vendors
- Coordinating joint safety reviews and milestone checks
Module 17: Safety Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining safety KPIs for development and operation
- Monitoring software reliability in the field
- Collecting and analyzing field failure data
- Using FMEA and FTA to improve future designs
- Setting thresholds for safety-related recalls
- Implementing feedback loops into design processes
- Updating safety cases based on real-world data
- Improving diagnostic coverage from service experience
- Leveraging over-the-air updates for continual safety gains
- Building a learning organization around safety
Module 18: Real-World Application Projects and Case Studies - Designing an ADAS safety case from scratch
- Conducting a full HARA for a highway autopilot system
- Developing functional safety requirements for lane keeping assist
- Creating a technical safety concept for a braking ECU
- Performing ASIL decomposition for redundant sensor systems
- Building a FMEDA for a motor control unit
- Writing safety requirements for over-the-air software updates
- Validating fallback behavior in a Level 4 robotaxi
- Integrating SOTIF analysis with functional safety testing
- Preparing audit documentation for a full system certification
Module 19: Professional Development and Career Advancement - Positioning your ISO 26262 expertise on LinkedIn and resumes
- Preparing for functional safety job interviews
- Communicating complex safety concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Negotiating safety leadership roles and higher compensation
- Transitioning into safety roles from software, hardware, or systems engineering
- Building a personal brand as a safety expert
- Networking with industry professionals and safety auditors
- Contributing to safety standards and working groups
- Mentoring junior engineers in functional safety practices
- Using your Certificate of Completion as proof of skill
Module 20: Next Steps, Certification, and Lifelong Access - Finalizing your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Submitting your project portfolio for feedback
- Reviewing and retaining your personal work products
- Accessing future updates and expanded content
- Joining the alumni network of ISO 26262 practitioners
- Revisiting modules as you take on new safety challenges
- Using course materials as a reference throughout your career
- Updating your skills as regulations evolve
- Sharing knowledge with your engineering team
- Knowing you have a permanent, trusted resource for autonomous systems safety
- Complete breakdown of ISO 26262 parts and their interconnections
- Understanding the scope and applicability to different vehicle classes
- Defining the Safety Lifecycle and its phases
- Role of the Safety Manager and organizational responsibilities
- Establishing a Functional Safety Management Plan
- Documentation requirements across the safety lifecycle
- Differences between development at different ASIL levels
- How ISO 26262 integrates with product development processes
- Handling deviations and waivers in compliance
- Managing subcontractor and supplier safety responsibilities
Module 3: Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA) - Step-by-step process for conducting HARA
- Identifying operational domains and use cases for autonomous systems
- Defining vehicle motion categories and operational modes
- Determining severity, exposure, and controllability parameters
- Calculating ASIL levels using the risk matrix
- Resolving borderline ASIL classifications
- Treating multi-fault scenarios in hazard evaluation
- Common pitfalls in HARA and how to avoid them
- Linking hazards to functional safety goals
- Creating a traceable HARA report for audits
Module 4: Functional Safety Concepts and Architecture - Deriving functional safety requirements from safety goals
- Decomposing safety goals into lower-level requirements
- Using ASIL decomposition to reduce component-level requirements
- Designing safety mechanisms at the functional level
- Allocation of safety requirements to system elements
- Handling redundancy and fail-operational strategies
- Developing functional safety architectural designs
- Evaluating architectural metrics: SPFM, LFM, PMHF
- Documenting the Functional Safety Concept report
- Mapping functional requirements to vehicle-level functions
Module 5: Technical Safety Requirements and Implementation - Transitioning from functional to technical safety requirements
- Specifying safety requirements for hardware and software components
- Ensuring traceability between requirement levels
- Integrating diagnostic coverage into technical design
- Defining fault tolerance and safe states
- Specifying response times and timing constraints for safety functions
- Handling common cause failures in technical design
- Creating hardware and software safety specifications
- Using requirement management tools effectively
- Validating technical safety requirements against HARA
Module 6: Hardware Design for ASIL Compliance - Designing hardware according to ISO 26262 Part 5
- Selecting components with suitable failure rates
- Calculating hardware architectural metrics
- Performing FMEDA (Failure Modes Effects and Diagnostic Analysis)
- Designing for single-point and latent fault coverage
- Selecting microcontrollers and sensors with safety features
- Incorporating watchdogs, CRC, and memory protection
- Validating hardware designs through testing and analysis
- Handling voltage, temperature, and environmental stress factors
- Preparing hardware safety cases for auditors
Module 7: Software Development for Functional Safety - Applying ISO 26262 Part 6 to software development
- Establishing a safety-oriented software development process
- Defining software safety requirements with traceability
- Applying software architectural design guidelines
- Using layered architectures to isolate safety-critical code
- Implementing software safety mechanisms (e.g. lockstep execution)
- Designing for error detection and fault recovery
- Ensuring timing predictability in real-time systems
- Managing software complexity using modular design
- Documenting software safety requirements for certification
Module 8: Software Unit and Integration Testing - Developing software test strategies per ASIL level
- Writing effective test cases for safety requirements
- Implementing white-box testing for code coverage
- Using statement, branch, and MC/DC coverage criteria
- Selecting appropriate coverage tools and interpreting results
- Testing software modules in isolation (unit testing)
- Integrating modules safely and verifying interfaces
- Handling concurrency and timing in integration tests
- Documenting test cases and execution results
- Traceability from tests to software requirements
Module 9: Verification, Validation, and Confirmation - Differentiating verification, validation, and confirmation
- Planning a comprehensive safety validation strategy
- Executing system-level tests under fault injection
- Validating behavior in edge-case and failure scenarios
- Using simulation and virtual testing environments
- Testing in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and vehicle prototypes
- Evaluating performance in degraded modes
- Confirming safety goals are met under real conditions
- Documenting validation results for auditors
- Conducting independent safety assessments
Module 10: Functional Safety Assessment and Certification - Preparing for a functional safety audit
- Assembling a complete safety case portfolio
- Responding to auditor questions and findings
- Understanding the role of certification bodies
- Demonstrating compliance with each lifecycle phase
- Presenting evidence for requirement traceability
- Handling non-conformities and corrective actions
- Obtaining third-party certification for products
- Conducting internal assessments before external audits
- Using certification as a competitive advantage
Module 11: ISO 26262 for Autonomous Driving Levels 3–5 - Challenges of applying ISO 26262 to Level 3+ autonomous systems
- Defining fallback behavior and minimal risk conditions
- HARA considerations for ODD (Operational Design Domain)
- Handling dynamic driving task handover safely
- Safety implications of human machine interface (HMI) design
- Sensor fusion safety and redundancy strategies
- Decision-making algorithms and their safety assurance
- Safety validation in mixed autonomy environments
- Interactions between automated and manual driving modes
- Transition of control: timing, alerts, and confirmation
Module 12: SOTIF (ISO 21448) Integration with ISO 26262 - Understanding the scope of SOTIF and its relationship to ISO 26262
- Identifying SOTIF hazards arising from performance limitations
- Extending HARA to include SOTIF scenarios
- Evaluating sensor perception weaknesses and edge cases
- Validating autonomous behavior in complex environments
- Combining SOTIF and ISO 26262 safety cases
- Using scenario-based testing for SOTIF verification
- Addressing unknown unknowns in safety assurance
- Developing fallback strategies for SOTIF-related risks
- Harmonizing documentation for combined audits
Module 13: Cybersecurity and Safety Interactions (ISO 21434) - Intersection of functional safety and cybersecurity
- How cyber attacks can compromise safety functions
- Leveraging TARA (Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment) outcomes
- Coordinating safety and security requirement development
- Protecting safety-critical communication channels
- Secure boot, firmware updates, and access control mechanisms
- Designing intrusion detection and response systems
- Testing for safety impacts of cyber vulnerabilities
- Integrating security into functional safety audits
- Ensuring both standards are addressed in the safety case
Module 14: Tool Qualification and Confidence Levels - Understanding tool classification and impact analysis
- Determining tool confidence levels (TCL1, TCL2, TCL3)
- Applying qualification processes for modeling and testing tools
- Documenting tool qualification for auditors
- Using commercial off-the-shelf tools in safety workflows
- Qualifying in-house or custom development tools
- Handling open-source tools in safety projects
- Automating traceability and verification with qualified tools
- Reducing effort through tool qualification reuse
- Maintaining tool usage records throughout the lifecycle
Module 15: Managing Changes and Configuration Control - Establishing a configuration management plan
- Tracking versions of requirements, designs, and code
- Handling change requests in a safety-controlled environment
- Assessing the safety impact of design modifications
- Implementing baselines and release gates
- Using change control boards for high-impact decisions
- Controlling software and hardware variants
- Managing post-production and field updates safely
- Ensuring configuration records are audit-ready
- Integrating configuration control with development tools
Module 16: Supplier Management and Safety Assurance - Allocating safety responsibilities to suppliers
- Drafting safety requirements in procurement contracts
- Conducting supplier assessments and audits
- Evaluating supplier capability and development processes
- Managing dual-sourcing and component interchangeability
- Ensuring supplier deliverables meet ISO 26262 requirements
- Handling subcontracting within the supply chain
- Reviewing supplier test reports and safety evidence
- Resolving non-conformances with external vendors
- Coordinating joint safety reviews and milestone checks
Module 17: Safety Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining safety KPIs for development and operation
- Monitoring software reliability in the field
- Collecting and analyzing field failure data
- Using FMEA and FTA to improve future designs
- Setting thresholds for safety-related recalls
- Implementing feedback loops into design processes
- Updating safety cases based on real-world data
- Improving diagnostic coverage from service experience
- Leveraging over-the-air updates for continual safety gains
- Building a learning organization around safety
Module 18: Real-World Application Projects and Case Studies - Designing an ADAS safety case from scratch
- Conducting a full HARA for a highway autopilot system
- Developing functional safety requirements for lane keeping assist
- Creating a technical safety concept for a braking ECU
- Performing ASIL decomposition for redundant sensor systems
- Building a FMEDA for a motor control unit
- Writing safety requirements for over-the-air software updates
- Validating fallback behavior in a Level 4 robotaxi
- Integrating SOTIF analysis with functional safety testing
- Preparing audit documentation for a full system certification
Module 19: Professional Development and Career Advancement - Positioning your ISO 26262 expertise on LinkedIn and resumes
- Preparing for functional safety job interviews
- Communicating complex safety concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Negotiating safety leadership roles and higher compensation
- Transitioning into safety roles from software, hardware, or systems engineering
- Building a personal brand as a safety expert
- Networking with industry professionals and safety auditors
- Contributing to safety standards and working groups
- Mentoring junior engineers in functional safety practices
- Using your Certificate of Completion as proof of skill
Module 20: Next Steps, Certification, and Lifelong Access - Finalizing your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Submitting your project portfolio for feedback
- Reviewing and retaining your personal work products
- Accessing future updates and expanded content
- Joining the alumni network of ISO 26262 practitioners
- Revisiting modules as you take on new safety challenges
- Using course materials as a reference throughout your career
- Updating your skills as regulations evolve
- Sharing knowledge with your engineering team
- Knowing you have a permanent, trusted resource for autonomous systems safety
- Deriving functional safety requirements from safety goals
- Decomposing safety goals into lower-level requirements
- Using ASIL decomposition to reduce component-level requirements
- Designing safety mechanisms at the functional level
- Allocation of safety requirements to system elements
- Handling redundancy and fail-operational strategies
- Developing functional safety architectural designs
- Evaluating architectural metrics: SPFM, LFM, PMHF
- Documenting the Functional Safety Concept report
- Mapping functional requirements to vehicle-level functions
Module 5: Technical Safety Requirements and Implementation - Transitioning from functional to technical safety requirements
- Specifying safety requirements for hardware and software components
- Ensuring traceability between requirement levels
- Integrating diagnostic coverage into technical design
- Defining fault tolerance and safe states
- Specifying response times and timing constraints for safety functions
- Handling common cause failures in technical design
- Creating hardware and software safety specifications
- Using requirement management tools effectively
- Validating technical safety requirements against HARA
Module 6: Hardware Design for ASIL Compliance - Designing hardware according to ISO 26262 Part 5
- Selecting components with suitable failure rates
- Calculating hardware architectural metrics
- Performing FMEDA (Failure Modes Effects and Diagnostic Analysis)
- Designing for single-point and latent fault coverage
- Selecting microcontrollers and sensors with safety features
- Incorporating watchdogs, CRC, and memory protection
- Validating hardware designs through testing and analysis
- Handling voltage, temperature, and environmental stress factors
- Preparing hardware safety cases for auditors
Module 7: Software Development for Functional Safety - Applying ISO 26262 Part 6 to software development
- Establishing a safety-oriented software development process
- Defining software safety requirements with traceability
- Applying software architectural design guidelines
- Using layered architectures to isolate safety-critical code
- Implementing software safety mechanisms (e.g. lockstep execution)
- Designing for error detection and fault recovery
- Ensuring timing predictability in real-time systems
- Managing software complexity using modular design
- Documenting software safety requirements for certification
Module 8: Software Unit and Integration Testing - Developing software test strategies per ASIL level
- Writing effective test cases for safety requirements
- Implementing white-box testing for code coverage
- Using statement, branch, and MC/DC coverage criteria
- Selecting appropriate coverage tools and interpreting results
- Testing software modules in isolation (unit testing)
- Integrating modules safely and verifying interfaces
- Handling concurrency and timing in integration tests
- Documenting test cases and execution results
- Traceability from tests to software requirements
Module 9: Verification, Validation, and Confirmation - Differentiating verification, validation, and confirmation
- Planning a comprehensive safety validation strategy
- Executing system-level tests under fault injection
- Validating behavior in edge-case and failure scenarios
- Using simulation and virtual testing environments
- Testing in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and vehicle prototypes
- Evaluating performance in degraded modes
- Confirming safety goals are met under real conditions
- Documenting validation results for auditors
- Conducting independent safety assessments
Module 10: Functional Safety Assessment and Certification - Preparing for a functional safety audit
- Assembling a complete safety case portfolio
- Responding to auditor questions and findings
- Understanding the role of certification bodies
- Demonstrating compliance with each lifecycle phase
- Presenting evidence for requirement traceability
- Handling non-conformities and corrective actions
- Obtaining third-party certification for products
- Conducting internal assessments before external audits
- Using certification as a competitive advantage
Module 11: ISO 26262 for Autonomous Driving Levels 3–5 - Challenges of applying ISO 26262 to Level 3+ autonomous systems
- Defining fallback behavior and minimal risk conditions
- HARA considerations for ODD (Operational Design Domain)
- Handling dynamic driving task handover safely
- Safety implications of human machine interface (HMI) design
- Sensor fusion safety and redundancy strategies
- Decision-making algorithms and their safety assurance
- Safety validation in mixed autonomy environments
- Interactions between automated and manual driving modes
- Transition of control: timing, alerts, and confirmation
Module 12: SOTIF (ISO 21448) Integration with ISO 26262 - Understanding the scope of SOTIF and its relationship to ISO 26262
- Identifying SOTIF hazards arising from performance limitations
- Extending HARA to include SOTIF scenarios
- Evaluating sensor perception weaknesses and edge cases
- Validating autonomous behavior in complex environments
- Combining SOTIF and ISO 26262 safety cases
- Using scenario-based testing for SOTIF verification
- Addressing unknown unknowns in safety assurance
- Developing fallback strategies for SOTIF-related risks
- Harmonizing documentation for combined audits
Module 13: Cybersecurity and Safety Interactions (ISO 21434) - Intersection of functional safety and cybersecurity
- How cyber attacks can compromise safety functions
- Leveraging TARA (Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment) outcomes
- Coordinating safety and security requirement development
- Protecting safety-critical communication channels
- Secure boot, firmware updates, and access control mechanisms
- Designing intrusion detection and response systems
- Testing for safety impacts of cyber vulnerabilities
- Integrating security into functional safety audits
- Ensuring both standards are addressed in the safety case
Module 14: Tool Qualification and Confidence Levels - Understanding tool classification and impact analysis
- Determining tool confidence levels (TCL1, TCL2, TCL3)
- Applying qualification processes for modeling and testing tools
- Documenting tool qualification for auditors
- Using commercial off-the-shelf tools in safety workflows
- Qualifying in-house or custom development tools
- Handling open-source tools in safety projects
- Automating traceability and verification with qualified tools
- Reducing effort through tool qualification reuse
- Maintaining tool usage records throughout the lifecycle
Module 15: Managing Changes and Configuration Control - Establishing a configuration management plan
- Tracking versions of requirements, designs, and code
- Handling change requests in a safety-controlled environment
- Assessing the safety impact of design modifications
- Implementing baselines and release gates
- Using change control boards for high-impact decisions
- Controlling software and hardware variants
- Managing post-production and field updates safely
- Ensuring configuration records are audit-ready
- Integrating configuration control with development tools
Module 16: Supplier Management and Safety Assurance - Allocating safety responsibilities to suppliers
- Drafting safety requirements in procurement contracts
- Conducting supplier assessments and audits
- Evaluating supplier capability and development processes
- Managing dual-sourcing and component interchangeability
- Ensuring supplier deliverables meet ISO 26262 requirements
- Handling subcontracting within the supply chain
- Reviewing supplier test reports and safety evidence
- Resolving non-conformances with external vendors
- Coordinating joint safety reviews and milestone checks
Module 17: Safety Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining safety KPIs for development and operation
- Monitoring software reliability in the field
- Collecting and analyzing field failure data
- Using FMEA and FTA to improve future designs
- Setting thresholds for safety-related recalls
- Implementing feedback loops into design processes
- Updating safety cases based on real-world data
- Improving diagnostic coverage from service experience
- Leveraging over-the-air updates for continual safety gains
- Building a learning organization around safety
Module 18: Real-World Application Projects and Case Studies - Designing an ADAS safety case from scratch
- Conducting a full HARA for a highway autopilot system
- Developing functional safety requirements for lane keeping assist
- Creating a technical safety concept for a braking ECU
- Performing ASIL decomposition for redundant sensor systems
- Building a FMEDA for a motor control unit
- Writing safety requirements for over-the-air software updates
- Validating fallback behavior in a Level 4 robotaxi
- Integrating SOTIF analysis with functional safety testing
- Preparing audit documentation for a full system certification
Module 19: Professional Development and Career Advancement - Positioning your ISO 26262 expertise on LinkedIn and resumes
- Preparing for functional safety job interviews
- Communicating complex safety concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Negotiating safety leadership roles and higher compensation
- Transitioning into safety roles from software, hardware, or systems engineering
- Building a personal brand as a safety expert
- Networking with industry professionals and safety auditors
- Contributing to safety standards and working groups
- Mentoring junior engineers in functional safety practices
- Using your Certificate of Completion as proof of skill
Module 20: Next Steps, Certification, and Lifelong Access - Finalizing your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Submitting your project portfolio for feedback
- Reviewing and retaining your personal work products
- Accessing future updates and expanded content
- Joining the alumni network of ISO 26262 practitioners
- Revisiting modules as you take on new safety challenges
- Using course materials as a reference throughout your career
- Updating your skills as regulations evolve
- Sharing knowledge with your engineering team
- Knowing you have a permanent, trusted resource for autonomous systems safety
- Designing hardware according to ISO 26262 Part 5
- Selecting components with suitable failure rates
- Calculating hardware architectural metrics
- Performing FMEDA (Failure Modes Effects and Diagnostic Analysis)
- Designing for single-point and latent fault coverage
- Selecting microcontrollers and sensors with safety features
- Incorporating watchdogs, CRC, and memory protection
- Validating hardware designs through testing and analysis
- Handling voltage, temperature, and environmental stress factors
- Preparing hardware safety cases for auditors
Module 7: Software Development for Functional Safety - Applying ISO 26262 Part 6 to software development
- Establishing a safety-oriented software development process
- Defining software safety requirements with traceability
- Applying software architectural design guidelines
- Using layered architectures to isolate safety-critical code
- Implementing software safety mechanisms (e.g. lockstep execution)
- Designing for error detection and fault recovery
- Ensuring timing predictability in real-time systems
- Managing software complexity using modular design
- Documenting software safety requirements for certification
Module 8: Software Unit and Integration Testing - Developing software test strategies per ASIL level
- Writing effective test cases for safety requirements
- Implementing white-box testing for code coverage
- Using statement, branch, and MC/DC coverage criteria
- Selecting appropriate coverage tools and interpreting results
- Testing software modules in isolation (unit testing)
- Integrating modules safely and verifying interfaces
- Handling concurrency and timing in integration tests
- Documenting test cases and execution results
- Traceability from tests to software requirements
Module 9: Verification, Validation, and Confirmation - Differentiating verification, validation, and confirmation
- Planning a comprehensive safety validation strategy
- Executing system-level tests under fault injection
- Validating behavior in edge-case and failure scenarios
- Using simulation and virtual testing environments
- Testing in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and vehicle prototypes
- Evaluating performance in degraded modes
- Confirming safety goals are met under real conditions
- Documenting validation results for auditors
- Conducting independent safety assessments
Module 10: Functional Safety Assessment and Certification - Preparing for a functional safety audit
- Assembling a complete safety case portfolio
- Responding to auditor questions and findings
- Understanding the role of certification bodies
- Demonstrating compliance with each lifecycle phase
- Presenting evidence for requirement traceability
- Handling non-conformities and corrective actions
- Obtaining third-party certification for products
- Conducting internal assessments before external audits
- Using certification as a competitive advantage
Module 11: ISO 26262 for Autonomous Driving Levels 3–5 - Challenges of applying ISO 26262 to Level 3+ autonomous systems
- Defining fallback behavior and minimal risk conditions
- HARA considerations for ODD (Operational Design Domain)
- Handling dynamic driving task handover safely
- Safety implications of human machine interface (HMI) design
- Sensor fusion safety and redundancy strategies
- Decision-making algorithms and their safety assurance
- Safety validation in mixed autonomy environments
- Interactions between automated and manual driving modes
- Transition of control: timing, alerts, and confirmation
Module 12: SOTIF (ISO 21448) Integration with ISO 26262 - Understanding the scope of SOTIF and its relationship to ISO 26262
- Identifying SOTIF hazards arising from performance limitations
- Extending HARA to include SOTIF scenarios
- Evaluating sensor perception weaknesses and edge cases
- Validating autonomous behavior in complex environments
- Combining SOTIF and ISO 26262 safety cases
- Using scenario-based testing for SOTIF verification
- Addressing unknown unknowns in safety assurance
- Developing fallback strategies for SOTIF-related risks
- Harmonizing documentation for combined audits
Module 13: Cybersecurity and Safety Interactions (ISO 21434) - Intersection of functional safety and cybersecurity
- How cyber attacks can compromise safety functions
- Leveraging TARA (Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment) outcomes
- Coordinating safety and security requirement development
- Protecting safety-critical communication channels
- Secure boot, firmware updates, and access control mechanisms
- Designing intrusion detection and response systems
- Testing for safety impacts of cyber vulnerabilities
- Integrating security into functional safety audits
- Ensuring both standards are addressed in the safety case
Module 14: Tool Qualification and Confidence Levels - Understanding tool classification and impact analysis
- Determining tool confidence levels (TCL1, TCL2, TCL3)
- Applying qualification processes for modeling and testing tools
- Documenting tool qualification for auditors
- Using commercial off-the-shelf tools in safety workflows
- Qualifying in-house or custom development tools
- Handling open-source tools in safety projects
- Automating traceability and verification with qualified tools
- Reducing effort through tool qualification reuse
- Maintaining tool usage records throughout the lifecycle
Module 15: Managing Changes and Configuration Control - Establishing a configuration management plan
- Tracking versions of requirements, designs, and code
- Handling change requests in a safety-controlled environment
- Assessing the safety impact of design modifications
- Implementing baselines and release gates
- Using change control boards for high-impact decisions
- Controlling software and hardware variants
- Managing post-production and field updates safely
- Ensuring configuration records are audit-ready
- Integrating configuration control with development tools
Module 16: Supplier Management and Safety Assurance - Allocating safety responsibilities to suppliers
- Drafting safety requirements in procurement contracts
- Conducting supplier assessments and audits
- Evaluating supplier capability and development processes
- Managing dual-sourcing and component interchangeability
- Ensuring supplier deliverables meet ISO 26262 requirements
- Handling subcontracting within the supply chain
- Reviewing supplier test reports and safety evidence
- Resolving non-conformances with external vendors
- Coordinating joint safety reviews and milestone checks
Module 17: Safety Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining safety KPIs for development and operation
- Monitoring software reliability in the field
- Collecting and analyzing field failure data
- Using FMEA and FTA to improve future designs
- Setting thresholds for safety-related recalls
- Implementing feedback loops into design processes
- Updating safety cases based on real-world data
- Improving diagnostic coverage from service experience
- Leveraging over-the-air updates for continual safety gains
- Building a learning organization around safety
Module 18: Real-World Application Projects and Case Studies - Designing an ADAS safety case from scratch
- Conducting a full HARA for a highway autopilot system
- Developing functional safety requirements for lane keeping assist
- Creating a technical safety concept for a braking ECU
- Performing ASIL decomposition for redundant sensor systems
- Building a FMEDA for a motor control unit
- Writing safety requirements for over-the-air software updates
- Validating fallback behavior in a Level 4 robotaxi
- Integrating SOTIF analysis with functional safety testing
- Preparing audit documentation for a full system certification
Module 19: Professional Development and Career Advancement - Positioning your ISO 26262 expertise on LinkedIn and resumes
- Preparing for functional safety job interviews
- Communicating complex safety concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Negotiating safety leadership roles and higher compensation
- Transitioning into safety roles from software, hardware, or systems engineering
- Building a personal brand as a safety expert
- Networking with industry professionals and safety auditors
- Contributing to safety standards and working groups
- Mentoring junior engineers in functional safety practices
- Using your Certificate of Completion as proof of skill
Module 20: Next Steps, Certification, and Lifelong Access - Finalizing your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Submitting your project portfolio for feedback
- Reviewing and retaining your personal work products
- Accessing future updates and expanded content
- Joining the alumni network of ISO 26262 practitioners
- Revisiting modules as you take on new safety challenges
- Using course materials as a reference throughout your career
- Updating your skills as regulations evolve
- Sharing knowledge with your engineering team
- Knowing you have a permanent, trusted resource for autonomous systems safety
- Developing software test strategies per ASIL level
- Writing effective test cases for safety requirements
- Implementing white-box testing for code coverage
- Using statement, branch, and MC/DC coverage criteria
- Selecting appropriate coverage tools and interpreting results
- Testing software modules in isolation (unit testing)
- Integrating modules safely and verifying interfaces
- Handling concurrency and timing in integration tests
- Documenting test cases and execution results
- Traceability from tests to software requirements
Module 9: Verification, Validation, and Confirmation - Differentiating verification, validation, and confirmation
- Planning a comprehensive safety validation strategy
- Executing system-level tests under fault injection
- Validating behavior in edge-case and failure scenarios
- Using simulation and virtual testing environments
- Testing in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and vehicle prototypes
- Evaluating performance in degraded modes
- Confirming safety goals are met under real conditions
- Documenting validation results for auditors
- Conducting independent safety assessments
Module 10: Functional Safety Assessment and Certification - Preparing for a functional safety audit
- Assembling a complete safety case portfolio
- Responding to auditor questions and findings
- Understanding the role of certification bodies
- Demonstrating compliance with each lifecycle phase
- Presenting evidence for requirement traceability
- Handling non-conformities and corrective actions
- Obtaining third-party certification for products
- Conducting internal assessments before external audits
- Using certification as a competitive advantage
Module 11: ISO 26262 for Autonomous Driving Levels 3–5 - Challenges of applying ISO 26262 to Level 3+ autonomous systems
- Defining fallback behavior and minimal risk conditions
- HARA considerations for ODD (Operational Design Domain)
- Handling dynamic driving task handover safely
- Safety implications of human machine interface (HMI) design
- Sensor fusion safety and redundancy strategies
- Decision-making algorithms and their safety assurance
- Safety validation in mixed autonomy environments
- Interactions between automated and manual driving modes
- Transition of control: timing, alerts, and confirmation
Module 12: SOTIF (ISO 21448) Integration with ISO 26262 - Understanding the scope of SOTIF and its relationship to ISO 26262
- Identifying SOTIF hazards arising from performance limitations
- Extending HARA to include SOTIF scenarios
- Evaluating sensor perception weaknesses and edge cases
- Validating autonomous behavior in complex environments
- Combining SOTIF and ISO 26262 safety cases
- Using scenario-based testing for SOTIF verification
- Addressing unknown unknowns in safety assurance
- Developing fallback strategies for SOTIF-related risks
- Harmonizing documentation for combined audits
Module 13: Cybersecurity and Safety Interactions (ISO 21434) - Intersection of functional safety and cybersecurity
- How cyber attacks can compromise safety functions
- Leveraging TARA (Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment) outcomes
- Coordinating safety and security requirement development
- Protecting safety-critical communication channels
- Secure boot, firmware updates, and access control mechanisms
- Designing intrusion detection and response systems
- Testing for safety impacts of cyber vulnerabilities
- Integrating security into functional safety audits
- Ensuring both standards are addressed in the safety case
Module 14: Tool Qualification and Confidence Levels - Understanding tool classification and impact analysis
- Determining tool confidence levels (TCL1, TCL2, TCL3)
- Applying qualification processes for modeling and testing tools
- Documenting tool qualification for auditors
- Using commercial off-the-shelf tools in safety workflows
- Qualifying in-house or custom development tools
- Handling open-source tools in safety projects
- Automating traceability and verification with qualified tools
- Reducing effort through tool qualification reuse
- Maintaining tool usage records throughout the lifecycle
Module 15: Managing Changes and Configuration Control - Establishing a configuration management plan
- Tracking versions of requirements, designs, and code
- Handling change requests in a safety-controlled environment
- Assessing the safety impact of design modifications
- Implementing baselines and release gates
- Using change control boards for high-impact decisions
- Controlling software and hardware variants
- Managing post-production and field updates safely
- Ensuring configuration records are audit-ready
- Integrating configuration control with development tools
Module 16: Supplier Management and Safety Assurance - Allocating safety responsibilities to suppliers
- Drafting safety requirements in procurement contracts
- Conducting supplier assessments and audits
- Evaluating supplier capability and development processes
- Managing dual-sourcing and component interchangeability
- Ensuring supplier deliverables meet ISO 26262 requirements
- Handling subcontracting within the supply chain
- Reviewing supplier test reports and safety evidence
- Resolving non-conformances with external vendors
- Coordinating joint safety reviews and milestone checks
Module 17: Safety Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining safety KPIs for development and operation
- Monitoring software reliability in the field
- Collecting and analyzing field failure data
- Using FMEA and FTA to improve future designs
- Setting thresholds for safety-related recalls
- Implementing feedback loops into design processes
- Updating safety cases based on real-world data
- Improving diagnostic coverage from service experience
- Leveraging over-the-air updates for continual safety gains
- Building a learning organization around safety
Module 18: Real-World Application Projects and Case Studies - Designing an ADAS safety case from scratch
- Conducting a full HARA for a highway autopilot system
- Developing functional safety requirements for lane keeping assist
- Creating a technical safety concept for a braking ECU
- Performing ASIL decomposition for redundant sensor systems
- Building a FMEDA for a motor control unit
- Writing safety requirements for over-the-air software updates
- Validating fallback behavior in a Level 4 robotaxi
- Integrating SOTIF analysis with functional safety testing
- Preparing audit documentation for a full system certification
Module 19: Professional Development and Career Advancement - Positioning your ISO 26262 expertise on LinkedIn and resumes
- Preparing for functional safety job interviews
- Communicating complex safety concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Negotiating safety leadership roles and higher compensation
- Transitioning into safety roles from software, hardware, or systems engineering
- Building a personal brand as a safety expert
- Networking with industry professionals and safety auditors
- Contributing to safety standards and working groups
- Mentoring junior engineers in functional safety practices
- Using your Certificate of Completion as proof of skill
Module 20: Next Steps, Certification, and Lifelong Access - Finalizing your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Submitting your project portfolio for feedback
- Reviewing and retaining your personal work products
- Accessing future updates and expanded content
- Joining the alumni network of ISO 26262 practitioners
- Revisiting modules as you take on new safety challenges
- Using course materials as a reference throughout your career
- Updating your skills as regulations evolve
- Sharing knowledge with your engineering team
- Knowing you have a permanent, trusted resource for autonomous systems safety
- Preparing for a functional safety audit
- Assembling a complete safety case portfolio
- Responding to auditor questions and findings
- Understanding the role of certification bodies
- Demonstrating compliance with each lifecycle phase
- Presenting evidence for requirement traceability
- Handling non-conformities and corrective actions
- Obtaining third-party certification for products
- Conducting internal assessments before external audits
- Using certification as a competitive advantage
Module 11: ISO 26262 for Autonomous Driving Levels 3–5 - Challenges of applying ISO 26262 to Level 3+ autonomous systems
- Defining fallback behavior and minimal risk conditions
- HARA considerations for ODD (Operational Design Domain)
- Handling dynamic driving task handover safely
- Safety implications of human machine interface (HMI) design
- Sensor fusion safety and redundancy strategies
- Decision-making algorithms and their safety assurance
- Safety validation in mixed autonomy environments
- Interactions between automated and manual driving modes
- Transition of control: timing, alerts, and confirmation
Module 12: SOTIF (ISO 21448) Integration with ISO 26262 - Understanding the scope of SOTIF and its relationship to ISO 26262
- Identifying SOTIF hazards arising from performance limitations
- Extending HARA to include SOTIF scenarios
- Evaluating sensor perception weaknesses and edge cases
- Validating autonomous behavior in complex environments
- Combining SOTIF and ISO 26262 safety cases
- Using scenario-based testing for SOTIF verification
- Addressing unknown unknowns in safety assurance
- Developing fallback strategies for SOTIF-related risks
- Harmonizing documentation for combined audits
Module 13: Cybersecurity and Safety Interactions (ISO 21434) - Intersection of functional safety and cybersecurity
- How cyber attacks can compromise safety functions
- Leveraging TARA (Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment) outcomes
- Coordinating safety and security requirement development
- Protecting safety-critical communication channels
- Secure boot, firmware updates, and access control mechanisms
- Designing intrusion detection and response systems
- Testing for safety impacts of cyber vulnerabilities
- Integrating security into functional safety audits
- Ensuring both standards are addressed in the safety case
Module 14: Tool Qualification and Confidence Levels - Understanding tool classification and impact analysis
- Determining tool confidence levels (TCL1, TCL2, TCL3)
- Applying qualification processes for modeling and testing tools
- Documenting tool qualification for auditors
- Using commercial off-the-shelf tools in safety workflows
- Qualifying in-house or custom development tools
- Handling open-source tools in safety projects
- Automating traceability and verification with qualified tools
- Reducing effort through tool qualification reuse
- Maintaining tool usage records throughout the lifecycle
Module 15: Managing Changes and Configuration Control - Establishing a configuration management plan
- Tracking versions of requirements, designs, and code
- Handling change requests in a safety-controlled environment
- Assessing the safety impact of design modifications
- Implementing baselines and release gates
- Using change control boards for high-impact decisions
- Controlling software and hardware variants
- Managing post-production and field updates safely
- Ensuring configuration records are audit-ready
- Integrating configuration control with development tools
Module 16: Supplier Management and Safety Assurance - Allocating safety responsibilities to suppliers
- Drafting safety requirements in procurement contracts
- Conducting supplier assessments and audits
- Evaluating supplier capability and development processes
- Managing dual-sourcing and component interchangeability
- Ensuring supplier deliverables meet ISO 26262 requirements
- Handling subcontracting within the supply chain
- Reviewing supplier test reports and safety evidence
- Resolving non-conformances with external vendors
- Coordinating joint safety reviews and milestone checks
Module 17: Safety Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining safety KPIs for development and operation
- Monitoring software reliability in the field
- Collecting and analyzing field failure data
- Using FMEA and FTA to improve future designs
- Setting thresholds for safety-related recalls
- Implementing feedback loops into design processes
- Updating safety cases based on real-world data
- Improving diagnostic coverage from service experience
- Leveraging over-the-air updates for continual safety gains
- Building a learning organization around safety
Module 18: Real-World Application Projects and Case Studies - Designing an ADAS safety case from scratch
- Conducting a full HARA for a highway autopilot system
- Developing functional safety requirements for lane keeping assist
- Creating a technical safety concept for a braking ECU
- Performing ASIL decomposition for redundant sensor systems
- Building a FMEDA for a motor control unit
- Writing safety requirements for over-the-air software updates
- Validating fallback behavior in a Level 4 robotaxi
- Integrating SOTIF analysis with functional safety testing
- Preparing audit documentation for a full system certification
Module 19: Professional Development and Career Advancement - Positioning your ISO 26262 expertise on LinkedIn and resumes
- Preparing for functional safety job interviews
- Communicating complex safety concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Negotiating safety leadership roles and higher compensation
- Transitioning into safety roles from software, hardware, or systems engineering
- Building a personal brand as a safety expert
- Networking with industry professionals and safety auditors
- Contributing to safety standards and working groups
- Mentoring junior engineers in functional safety practices
- Using your Certificate of Completion as proof of skill
Module 20: Next Steps, Certification, and Lifelong Access - Finalizing your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Submitting your project portfolio for feedback
- Reviewing and retaining your personal work products
- Accessing future updates and expanded content
- Joining the alumni network of ISO 26262 practitioners
- Revisiting modules as you take on new safety challenges
- Using course materials as a reference throughout your career
- Updating your skills as regulations evolve
- Sharing knowledge with your engineering team
- Knowing you have a permanent, trusted resource for autonomous systems safety
- Understanding the scope of SOTIF and its relationship to ISO 26262
- Identifying SOTIF hazards arising from performance limitations
- Extending HARA to include SOTIF scenarios
- Evaluating sensor perception weaknesses and edge cases
- Validating autonomous behavior in complex environments
- Combining SOTIF and ISO 26262 safety cases
- Using scenario-based testing for SOTIF verification
- Addressing unknown unknowns in safety assurance
- Developing fallback strategies for SOTIF-related risks
- Harmonizing documentation for combined audits
Module 13: Cybersecurity and Safety Interactions (ISO 21434) - Intersection of functional safety and cybersecurity
- How cyber attacks can compromise safety functions
- Leveraging TARA (Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment) outcomes
- Coordinating safety and security requirement development
- Protecting safety-critical communication channels
- Secure boot, firmware updates, and access control mechanisms
- Designing intrusion detection and response systems
- Testing for safety impacts of cyber vulnerabilities
- Integrating security into functional safety audits
- Ensuring both standards are addressed in the safety case
Module 14: Tool Qualification and Confidence Levels - Understanding tool classification and impact analysis
- Determining tool confidence levels (TCL1, TCL2, TCL3)
- Applying qualification processes for modeling and testing tools
- Documenting tool qualification for auditors
- Using commercial off-the-shelf tools in safety workflows
- Qualifying in-house or custom development tools
- Handling open-source tools in safety projects
- Automating traceability and verification with qualified tools
- Reducing effort through tool qualification reuse
- Maintaining tool usage records throughout the lifecycle
Module 15: Managing Changes and Configuration Control - Establishing a configuration management plan
- Tracking versions of requirements, designs, and code
- Handling change requests in a safety-controlled environment
- Assessing the safety impact of design modifications
- Implementing baselines and release gates
- Using change control boards for high-impact decisions
- Controlling software and hardware variants
- Managing post-production and field updates safely
- Ensuring configuration records are audit-ready
- Integrating configuration control with development tools
Module 16: Supplier Management and Safety Assurance - Allocating safety responsibilities to suppliers
- Drafting safety requirements in procurement contracts
- Conducting supplier assessments and audits
- Evaluating supplier capability and development processes
- Managing dual-sourcing and component interchangeability
- Ensuring supplier deliverables meet ISO 26262 requirements
- Handling subcontracting within the supply chain
- Reviewing supplier test reports and safety evidence
- Resolving non-conformances with external vendors
- Coordinating joint safety reviews and milestone checks
Module 17: Safety Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining safety KPIs for development and operation
- Monitoring software reliability in the field
- Collecting and analyzing field failure data
- Using FMEA and FTA to improve future designs
- Setting thresholds for safety-related recalls
- Implementing feedback loops into design processes
- Updating safety cases based on real-world data
- Improving diagnostic coverage from service experience
- Leveraging over-the-air updates for continual safety gains
- Building a learning organization around safety
Module 18: Real-World Application Projects and Case Studies - Designing an ADAS safety case from scratch
- Conducting a full HARA for a highway autopilot system
- Developing functional safety requirements for lane keeping assist
- Creating a technical safety concept for a braking ECU
- Performing ASIL decomposition for redundant sensor systems
- Building a FMEDA for a motor control unit
- Writing safety requirements for over-the-air software updates
- Validating fallback behavior in a Level 4 robotaxi
- Integrating SOTIF analysis with functional safety testing
- Preparing audit documentation for a full system certification
Module 19: Professional Development and Career Advancement - Positioning your ISO 26262 expertise on LinkedIn and resumes
- Preparing for functional safety job interviews
- Communicating complex safety concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Negotiating safety leadership roles and higher compensation
- Transitioning into safety roles from software, hardware, or systems engineering
- Building a personal brand as a safety expert
- Networking with industry professionals and safety auditors
- Contributing to safety standards and working groups
- Mentoring junior engineers in functional safety practices
- Using your Certificate of Completion as proof of skill
Module 20: Next Steps, Certification, and Lifelong Access - Finalizing your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Submitting your project portfolio for feedback
- Reviewing and retaining your personal work products
- Accessing future updates and expanded content
- Joining the alumni network of ISO 26262 practitioners
- Revisiting modules as you take on new safety challenges
- Using course materials as a reference throughout your career
- Updating your skills as regulations evolve
- Sharing knowledge with your engineering team
- Knowing you have a permanent, trusted resource for autonomous systems safety
- Understanding tool classification and impact analysis
- Determining tool confidence levels (TCL1, TCL2, TCL3)
- Applying qualification processes for modeling and testing tools
- Documenting tool qualification for auditors
- Using commercial off-the-shelf tools in safety workflows
- Qualifying in-house or custom development tools
- Handling open-source tools in safety projects
- Automating traceability and verification with qualified tools
- Reducing effort through tool qualification reuse
- Maintaining tool usage records throughout the lifecycle
Module 15: Managing Changes and Configuration Control - Establishing a configuration management plan
- Tracking versions of requirements, designs, and code
- Handling change requests in a safety-controlled environment
- Assessing the safety impact of design modifications
- Implementing baselines and release gates
- Using change control boards for high-impact decisions
- Controlling software and hardware variants
- Managing post-production and field updates safely
- Ensuring configuration records are audit-ready
- Integrating configuration control with development tools
Module 16: Supplier Management and Safety Assurance - Allocating safety responsibilities to suppliers
- Drafting safety requirements in procurement contracts
- Conducting supplier assessments and audits
- Evaluating supplier capability and development processes
- Managing dual-sourcing and component interchangeability
- Ensuring supplier deliverables meet ISO 26262 requirements
- Handling subcontracting within the supply chain
- Reviewing supplier test reports and safety evidence
- Resolving non-conformances with external vendors
- Coordinating joint safety reviews and milestone checks
Module 17: Safety Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining safety KPIs for development and operation
- Monitoring software reliability in the field
- Collecting and analyzing field failure data
- Using FMEA and FTA to improve future designs
- Setting thresholds for safety-related recalls
- Implementing feedback loops into design processes
- Updating safety cases based on real-world data
- Improving diagnostic coverage from service experience
- Leveraging over-the-air updates for continual safety gains
- Building a learning organization around safety
Module 18: Real-World Application Projects and Case Studies - Designing an ADAS safety case from scratch
- Conducting a full HARA for a highway autopilot system
- Developing functional safety requirements for lane keeping assist
- Creating a technical safety concept for a braking ECU
- Performing ASIL decomposition for redundant sensor systems
- Building a FMEDA for a motor control unit
- Writing safety requirements for over-the-air software updates
- Validating fallback behavior in a Level 4 robotaxi
- Integrating SOTIF analysis with functional safety testing
- Preparing audit documentation for a full system certification
Module 19: Professional Development and Career Advancement - Positioning your ISO 26262 expertise on LinkedIn and resumes
- Preparing for functional safety job interviews
- Communicating complex safety concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Negotiating safety leadership roles and higher compensation
- Transitioning into safety roles from software, hardware, or systems engineering
- Building a personal brand as a safety expert
- Networking with industry professionals and safety auditors
- Contributing to safety standards and working groups
- Mentoring junior engineers in functional safety practices
- Using your Certificate of Completion as proof of skill
Module 20: Next Steps, Certification, and Lifelong Access - Finalizing your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Submitting your project portfolio for feedback
- Reviewing and retaining your personal work products
- Accessing future updates and expanded content
- Joining the alumni network of ISO 26262 practitioners
- Revisiting modules as you take on new safety challenges
- Using course materials as a reference throughout your career
- Updating your skills as regulations evolve
- Sharing knowledge with your engineering team
- Knowing you have a permanent, trusted resource for autonomous systems safety
- Allocating safety responsibilities to suppliers
- Drafting safety requirements in procurement contracts
- Conducting supplier assessments and audits
- Evaluating supplier capability and development processes
- Managing dual-sourcing and component interchangeability
- Ensuring supplier deliverables meet ISO 26262 requirements
- Handling subcontracting within the supply chain
- Reviewing supplier test reports and safety evidence
- Resolving non-conformances with external vendors
- Coordinating joint safety reviews and milestone checks
Module 17: Safety Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining safety KPIs for development and operation
- Monitoring software reliability in the field
- Collecting and analyzing field failure data
- Using FMEA and FTA to improve future designs
- Setting thresholds for safety-related recalls
- Implementing feedback loops into design processes
- Updating safety cases based on real-world data
- Improving diagnostic coverage from service experience
- Leveraging over-the-air updates for continual safety gains
- Building a learning organization around safety
Module 18: Real-World Application Projects and Case Studies - Designing an ADAS safety case from scratch
- Conducting a full HARA for a highway autopilot system
- Developing functional safety requirements for lane keeping assist
- Creating a technical safety concept for a braking ECU
- Performing ASIL decomposition for redundant sensor systems
- Building a FMEDA for a motor control unit
- Writing safety requirements for over-the-air software updates
- Validating fallback behavior in a Level 4 robotaxi
- Integrating SOTIF analysis with functional safety testing
- Preparing audit documentation for a full system certification
Module 19: Professional Development and Career Advancement - Positioning your ISO 26262 expertise on LinkedIn and resumes
- Preparing for functional safety job interviews
- Communicating complex safety concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Negotiating safety leadership roles and higher compensation
- Transitioning into safety roles from software, hardware, or systems engineering
- Building a personal brand as a safety expert
- Networking with industry professionals and safety auditors
- Contributing to safety standards and working groups
- Mentoring junior engineers in functional safety practices
- Using your Certificate of Completion as proof of skill
Module 20: Next Steps, Certification, and Lifelong Access - Finalizing your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Submitting your project portfolio for feedback
- Reviewing and retaining your personal work products
- Accessing future updates and expanded content
- Joining the alumni network of ISO 26262 practitioners
- Revisiting modules as you take on new safety challenges
- Using course materials as a reference throughout your career
- Updating your skills as regulations evolve
- Sharing knowledge with your engineering team
- Knowing you have a permanent, trusted resource for autonomous systems safety
- Designing an ADAS safety case from scratch
- Conducting a full HARA for a highway autopilot system
- Developing functional safety requirements for lane keeping assist
- Creating a technical safety concept for a braking ECU
- Performing ASIL decomposition for redundant sensor systems
- Building a FMEDA for a motor control unit
- Writing safety requirements for over-the-air software updates
- Validating fallback behavior in a Level 4 robotaxi
- Integrating SOTIF analysis with functional safety testing
- Preparing audit documentation for a full system certification
Module 19: Professional Development and Career Advancement - Positioning your ISO 26262 expertise on LinkedIn and resumes
- Preparing for functional safety job interviews
- Communicating complex safety concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Negotiating safety leadership roles and higher compensation
- Transitioning into safety roles from software, hardware, or systems engineering
- Building a personal brand as a safety expert
- Networking with industry professionals and safety auditors
- Contributing to safety standards and working groups
- Mentoring junior engineers in functional safety practices
- Using your Certificate of Completion as proof of skill
Module 20: Next Steps, Certification, and Lifelong Access - Finalizing your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Submitting your project portfolio for feedback
- Reviewing and retaining your personal work products
- Accessing future updates and expanded content
- Joining the alumni network of ISO 26262 practitioners
- Revisiting modules as you take on new safety challenges
- Using course materials as a reference throughout your career
- Updating your skills as regulations evolve
- Sharing knowledge with your engineering team
- Knowing you have a permanent, trusted resource for autonomous systems safety
- Finalizing your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Submitting your project portfolio for feedback
- Reviewing and retaining your personal work products
- Accessing future updates and expanded content
- Joining the alumni network of ISO 26262 practitioners
- Revisiting modules as you take on new safety challenges
- Using course materials as a reference throughout your career
- Updating your skills as regulations evolve
- Sharing knowledge with your engineering team
- Knowing you have a permanent, trusted resource for autonomous systems safety