Title: SOTIF Engineer learning path | ISO 26262 Academy
URL: https://iso26262.academy/path/sotif-engineer
Description: ISO 21448 end to end: the hazards that remain when nothing has failed.

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**ISO 26262 Academy** · Learning path · open to read

# SOTIF Engineer

ISO 21448 end to end: the hazards that remain when nothing has failed.

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- **6** weeks
- **18** items
- **16.9** 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 SOTIF problem 2h 30m
   - Quiz Calibration: foundations12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - 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)
2. **Week 2** The SOTIF problem 2h 45m
   - Read [HAZOP: guide-word deviation analysis](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/hazop) 1h 40m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Simulator Simulator: run a HAZOP 45m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Quiz Quiz: SOTIF fundamentals12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
3. **Week 3** Triggering conditions & scenarios 2h 55m
   - Read [Perception system safety](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/perception-system-safety) 1h 45m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read [STPA](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/stpa) 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Simulator Simulator: run an STPA 45m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
4. **Week 4** Triggering conditions & scenarios → SOTIF in automated driving 3h 35m
   - Read [Event tree analysis](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/event-tree-analysis) 1h 30m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Quiz Quiz: triggering conditions12 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)
5. **Week 5** SOTIF in automated driving → Validating the unknown 3h 43m
   - 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)
   - Quiz Quiz: automated driving safety12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read Process: Safety Validation 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [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)
   - Quiz Quiz: validation strategy10 questions 18m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
6. **Week 6** When machine learning is in the loop 1h 23m
   - Read [Safety-aware machine learning (ISO 8800)](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/safety-ml-engineering-iso8800) 1h 5m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Quiz Quiz: learned components10 questions 18m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)

Templates

### 62 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
- SOTIF Functional Modifications Specification
- +50 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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