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ISO 26262 Academy · Learning path · open to read

ADAS & Automated Driving Safety Engineer

Sensing, compute, network and actuation: safety across a driving function's whole chain.

  • 7 weeks
  • 18 items
  • 20.9 hours
  • 0 free with an account

Career Path gives you an assessment and a roadmap based on your experience and goals. This track is the fixed schedule for one role.

The schedule

Week by week.

Guides, practice and checks in the order they build on each other. Items marked Free account open on the free plan.

  1. Week 1Functional safety foundations → The ADAS safety scope3h 50m
    • QuizCalibration: foundations12 questions20mPro
    • ReadAV safety in practice (part 1 of 2)First half: the combined ISO 26262 + ISO 21448 argument and the operational design domain.1h 45mPro
    • ReadAV safety in practice (part 2 of 2)Second half: machine learning in the loop, validation targets and residual risk.1h 45mPro
  2. Week 2The ADAS safety scope → Sensing and perception2h 5m
    • QuizQuiz: driving function safety12 questions20mPro
    • ReadPerception system safety1h 45mExpert
  3. Week 3Sensing and perception → Compute and network architecture3h 50m
    • ReadSOTIF for the functional safety engineer2h 10mPro
    • QuizQuiz: perception & SOTIF12 questions20mPro
    • ReadZonal & central compute safety1h 20mExpert
  4. Week 4Compute and network architecture3h 45m
    • ReadIn-vehicle network safety2h 20mExpert
    • ReadSafety-related timing40mExpert
    • ReadProcess: Technical Safety Concept25mPro
    • QuizQuiz: architecture & timing12 questions20mPro
  5. Week 5Acting on the world1h 55m
    • ReadSteer-by-wire safety1h 55mExpert
  6. Week 6Acting on the world3h 45m
    • ReadActuator safety2h 30mExpert
    • ReadHMI & display safety55mExpert
    • QuizQuiz: actuation & degradation12 questions20mPro
  7. Week 7Regulation and release1h 43m
    • ReadHomologation, regulations & liability1h 25mExpert
    • QuizQuiz: compliance & release10 questions18mPro

Templates

78 work-product templates come with this path

Ready-to-adapt documents matched to the modules above. Reference material, not extra hours on your schedule.

  • Functional Safety Concept
  • HAZOP Worksheet
  • Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment Report
  • Item Definition
  • Motorcycle HARA Verification Report
  • Motorcycle Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment
  • Motorcycle Item Definition
  • Verification Report of the Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment
  • Functional and System Specification (SOTIF)
  • Operational Design Domain (ODD) Specification
  • SOTIF Activity Plan
  • Known Hazardous Scenarios Evaluation Report
  • +66 more

Start this path

Week one starts with a free account.

The free plan opens the first items on every track: one full concept guide, 3 templates, 1 process, the Markov simulator and 5 practice exams a month. Pro and Expert unlock the rest of the schedule.