Title: ADAS & Automated Driving Safety Engineer learning path
URL: https://iso26262.academy/path/adas-safety-engineer
Description: Sensing, compute, network and actuation: safety across a driving function's whole chain.

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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.

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- **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. Open a guide to see what it covers; each item shows every plan that includes it.

1. **Week 1** Functional safety foundations → The ADAS safety scope 3h 50m
   - Quiz Calibration: foundations12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read [AV safety in practice (part 1 of 2)](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/av-safety-iso-sotif-ml) First half: the combined ISO 26262 + ISO 21448 argument and the operational design domain. 1h 45m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read [AV safety in practice (part 2 of 2)](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/av-safety-iso-sotif-ml) Second half: machine learning in the loop, validation targets and residual risk. 1h 45m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
2. **Week 2** The ADAS safety scope → Sensing and perception 2h 5m
   - Quiz Quiz: driving function safety12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read [Perception system safety](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/perception-system-safety) 1h 45m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
3. **Week 3** Sensing and perception → Compute and network architecture 3h 50m
   - Read [SOTIF for the functional safety engineer](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/sotif-for-fusi) 2h 10m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Quiz Quiz: perception & SOTIF12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read [Zonal & central compute safety](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/zonal-central-compute-safety) 1h 20m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
4. **Week 4** Compute and network architecture 3h 45m
   - Read [In-vehicle network safety](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/in-vehicle-network-safety) 2h 20m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read [Safety-related timing](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/safety-related-timing) 40m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read Process: Technical Safety Concept 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Quiz Quiz: architecture & timing12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
5. **Week 5** Acting on the world 1h 55m
   - Read [Steer-by-wire safety](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/steer-by-wire-safety) 1h 55m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
6. **Week 6** Acting on the world 3h 45m
   - Read [Actuator safety](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/actuator-safety) 2h 30m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read [HMI & display safety](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/hmi-display-safety) 55m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Quiz Quiz: actuation & degradation12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
7. **Week 7** Regulation and release 1h 43m
   - Read [Homologation, regulations & liability](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/homologation-regulations) 1h 25m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Quiz Quiz: compliance & release10 questions 18m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)

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 and RBD simulators and 5 practice exams a month. Pro and Expert unlock the rest of the schedule.

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