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Hardware Safety Engineer

Part 5 end to end: mechanisms, metrics, FMEDA and qualification of safety-related hardware.

  • 4 weeks
  • 19 items
  • 12 hours
  • 1 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 → Hardware development essentials3h 13m
    • QuizCalibration: foundations12 questions20mPro
    • ReadSafety mechanisms & diagnostics1h 10mExpert
    • ReadProcess: Hardware Design and Safety Analysis25mPro
    • QuizQuiz: hardware essentials10 questions18mPro
    • ReadHardware metrics (part 1 of 2)First half: failure rates, SPFM and LFM.1hPro
  2. Week 2Hardware architectural metrics → FMEDA & dependent failures3h 47m
    • ReadHardware metrics (part 2 of 2)Second half: PMHF and evaluation against targets.55mPro
    • SimulatorSimulator: Markov analysis45mFree account
    • QuizQuiz: hardware metrics12 questions22mPro
    • SimulatorSimulator: run an FMEDA1hExpert
    • ReadDependent failure analysis45mExpert
  3. Week 3FMEDA & dependent failures → Qualification & interfaces3h 46m
    • SimulatorSimulator: run a DFA45mExpert
    • QuizQuiz: FMEDA & DFA10 questions18mPro
    • ReadProcess: Hardware Integration and Verification25mPro
    • ReadHardware-software interface45mExpert
    • ReadFreedom from interference20mExpert
    • QuizQuiz: qualification & interfaces10 questions18mPro
    • ReadSemiconductors (part 1 of 2)First half: IP, base failure rates, fault models.55mExpert
  4. Week 4Semiconductors (Part 11)1h 13m
    • ReadSemiconductors (part 2 of 2)Second half: dependent failures and DFA on silicon.55mExpert
    • QuizQuiz: semiconductor safety10 questions18mPro

Templates

119 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
  • Analysis of Effectiveness of Hardware Architecture
  • Analysis of Safety Goal Violations Due to Random Hardware Failures
  • FMEDA Worksheet (Board-level)
  • Hardware Architecture Metrics Verification Report
  • +107 more

Further reading

Also on this track

Related guides outside the core schedule, for when you want to go wider.

  • Battery & HV Powertrain Safety · Expert
  • EMC & Transient Safety · Expert
  • FPGA Safety · Expert
  • Inverter and Motor Control Safety · Expert
  • Power & Clock Supervision · Expert
  • Soft Errors & Transient Faults · Expert

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.