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Introduction to Functional Safety in Automotive Systems

  • Core concepts of functional safety
  • The significance of ISO 26262 in automotive engineering
  • Defining the scope and goals of the standard
  • The interplay between hardware, software, and system safety

Overview of ISO 26262 Safety Management

  • Breakdown of ISO 26262 structure and components
  • Managing the safety lifecycle and related activities
  • Defining roles and responsibilities in safety projects
  • Fostering a safety culture and organisational best practices

ISO 26262 Compliance and Legal Aspects

  • Navigating compliance requirements
  • Legal and regulatory impacts of functional safety
  • Documentation and evidence standards
  • Preparing organisations for successful ISO 26262 adoption

Key Functional Safety Concepts

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

Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment

  • Identifying potential hazards in automotive systems
  • Executing Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA)
  • Assessing risk levels and defining safety needs
  • Establishing safety goals and mitigation tactics

Safety-Focused System Design

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

Technical Safety Requirements

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

Hardware Development for Safety

  • Design considerations for hardware
  • Hardware architectural metrics
  • Techniques for failure analysis
  • Integrating safety mechanisms into electronic components

Software Development for Safety

  • Processes for safety-oriented software development
  • Principles of software architecture and design
  • Best practices for coding safety-critical systems
  • Strategies for software verification and testing

Supporting Processes and Activities

  • Configuration management
  • Managing changes effectively
  • Maintaining documentation and traceability
  • Tool qualification and establishing confidence in software tools

Verification, Validation, and Safety Assessment

  • Activities for verifying concepts
  • Testing strategies for critical systems
  • Techniques for reviews, analysis, and validation
  • Compiling comprehensive safety evidence

Certification and Industry Adoption

  • Approaches to ISO 26262 certification
  • Common challenges in implementation
  • Best practices for automotive entities
  • Applying ISO 26262 in practical project scenarios

Practical Workshop and Course Recap

  • Applying ISO 26262 methods to specific automotive cases
  • Undertaking safety analysis exercises
  • Reviewing functional safety documentation
  • Summarising key takeaways and planning next steps

Requirements

  • Prior experience in automotive development.

Target Audience

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

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