Title: Software Safety Engineer learning path | ISO 26262 Academy URL: https://iso26262.academy/path/software-safety-engineer Description: Part 6 in depth: process, architecture, isolation and verification of safety-related software. --- **ISO 26262 Academy** · Learning path · open to read # Software Safety Engineer Part 6 in depth: process, architecture, isolation and verification of safety-related software. [Create a free account to start](https://iso26262.academy/register?plan=free&from=%2Fpath%2Fsoftware-safety-engineer) [Explore Career Path](https://iso26262.academy/features/career-path) - **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. 1. **Week 1** Functional safety foundations → Software safety process 3h 48m - Quiz Calibration: foundations12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read [Coding guidelines & language subsets](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/software-coding-guidelines) 50m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read Process: Software Requirements Specification 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Quiz Quiz: software process10 questions 18m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read [Software architecture (part 1 of 2)](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/software-architectural-unit-design) First half: architectural design, notations, error handling strategies. 1h 55m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 2. **Week 2** Architecture & unit design 4h - Read [Unit design & verification (part 2 of 2)](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/software-architectural-unit-design) Second half: unit design, implementation and verification methods. 1h 55m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read [Safety design patterns](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/safety-design-patterns) 55m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read Process: Software Architectural Design 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read Process: Software Unit Design and Implementation 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Quiz Quiz: software architecture12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 3. **Week 3** Isolation & interfaces → Verification of safety software 3h 48m - Read [Freedom from interference](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/freedom-from-interference) 20m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read [Hardware-software interface](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/hardware-software-interface) 45m [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) - Quiz Quiz: isolation & interfaces10 questions 18m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read [Verification & validation overview](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/verification-validation) 15m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read [Fault injection testing](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/fault-injection-testing) 55m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read [Software critical path analysis](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/sw-critical-path-analysis) 10m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read [Reuse and qualification of pre-existing software](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/reuse-legacy-software) 25m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 4. **Week 4** Verification of safety software 1h 10m - Read Process: Qualification of Software Components 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read Process: Software Integration and Testing 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Quiz Quiz: software verification12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 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. - 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 - Calibration Data Specification - Coding Guideline Compliance and Deviation Report - Configuration Data Specification - Configuration and Calibration Data Verification Report - +93 more Further reading ## Also on this track. Related guides outside the core schedule, for when you want to go wider. [Browse all guides](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts#library) - Software [Functional Safety with AUTOSAR](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/autosar-functional-safety) AUTOSAR 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. [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 12 chapters 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. [Start this path](https://iso26262.academy/register?plan=free&from=%2Fpath%2Fsoftware-safety-engineer) [What Pro and Expert unlock](https://iso26262.academy/pricing)