ISO 26262 Academy · Learning path · open to read
Software Safety Engineer
Part 6 in depth: process, architecture, isolation and verification of safety-related software.
- 4 weeks
- 21 items
- 12.8 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.
- Week 1Functional safety foundations → Software safety process3h 48m
- QuizCalibration: foundations12 questions20mPro plan pricingExpert plan pricing
- ReadCoding guidelines & language subsets50mExpert plan pricing
- ReadProcess: Software Requirements Specification25mPro plan pricingExpert plan pricing
- QuizQuiz: software process10 questions18mPro plan pricingExpert plan pricing
- ReadSoftware architecture (part 1 of 2)First half: architectural design, notations, error handling strategies.1h 55mPro plan pricingExpert plan pricing
- Week 2Architecture & unit design4h
- ReadUnit design & verification (part 2 of 2)Second half: unit design, implementation and verification methods.1h 55mPro plan pricingExpert plan pricing
- ReadSafety design patterns55mPro plan pricingExpert plan pricing
- ReadProcess: Software Architectural Design25mPro plan pricingExpert plan pricing
- ReadProcess: Software Unit Design and Implementation25mPro plan pricingExpert plan pricing
- QuizQuiz: software architecture12 questions20mPro plan pricingExpert plan pricing
- Week 3Isolation & interfaces → Verification of safety software3h 48m
- ReadFreedom from interference20mExpert plan pricing
- ReadHardware-software interface45mExpert plan pricing
- ReadSafety-related timing40mExpert plan pricing
- QuizQuiz: isolation & interfaces10 questions18mPro plan pricingExpert plan pricing
- ReadVerification & validation overview15mExpert plan pricing
- ReadFault injection testing55mExpert plan pricing
- ReadSoftware critical path analysis10mExpert plan pricing
- ReadReuse and qualification of pre-existing software25mExpert plan pricing
- Week 4Verification of safety software1h 10m
- ReadProcess: Qualification of Software Components25mPro plan pricingExpert plan pricing
- ReadProcess: Software Integration and Testing25mPro plan pricingExpert plan pricing
- QuizQuiz: software verification12 questions20mPro plan pricingExpert plan pricing
Templates
105 work-product templates come with this path
Ready-to-adapt documents matched to the modules above. Reference material, not extra hours on your schedule.
Further reading
Also on this track.
Related guides outside the core schedule, for when you want to go wider.
- SoftwareFunctional Safety with AUTOSARAUTOSAR gives the car industry a standard software platform, but a specification cannot be ASIL anything, and a qualified stack does not make your software safe. Learn how the Classic and Adaptive platforms turn ISO 26262-6 requirements into concrete mechanisms: memory partitioning, timing protection, the Watchdog Manager and end-to-end communication protection.
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.