Make the concept clear.
Start with an explanation, a visual model and the engineering context. Build complexity one step at a time.
ISO 26262 Academy · About · independent, practitioner-built
Functional safety.
Made practical.
ISO 26262 Academy helps engineers connect the standard to the decisions they make. Learn the concepts, practise the reasoning, and bring that understanding into your work.
- Understand the why
- Practise the how
- Build confidence
From engineering to education
Built by a practitioner.
Shaped around the learner.
Founded by Paul Danci, the Academy brings together automotive functional safety experience and years of teaching engineers online. The aim is to make complex safety topics easier to understand and to apply.
The platform connects courses with concept guides, practice exams, engineering simulators and work product templates.
How we teach
Understanding that you can use.
Put your reasoning to work.
Explore scenarios, test an approach in a simulator and use exam explanations to understand why an answer works.
Connect it to your role.
Follow a career roadmap or a team learning plan. Use templates and processes to see how the pieces fit together.
The journey
From IEC 61508 to a connected platform.
Started in functional safety
First safety-related projects under IEC 61508, the standard ISO 26262 grew out of.
ISO 26262 across companies
Applied ISO 26262 in several companies and project types, from concept phase to assessment.
Mercedes-Benz
Functional safety work on series programmes, including work on Level 3 automated driving projects.
ISO 26262 Crash Course
First online course on Udemy. Its listing showed more than 20,000 student enrolments and a bestseller badge when checked on 7 September 2026.
View on UdemyThird Udemy course
Functional Safety, Software and AI: ISO 26262 and beyond, following the 2022 Concept Phase deep dive.
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The platform: connected concept guides, practice exams, engineering simulators and work product templates.
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Where to next
Start with something useful.
Explore a public concept guide, then create a free account when you are ready. Independent educational platform: learning achievements are not accredited professional certification.