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ISO 26262 Academy · Learning path · open to read

System Architect

Part 3 and Part 4: from item definition through technical safety concept to integration.

  • 5 weeks
  • 24 items
  • 17.2 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. Items marked Free account open on the free plan.

  1. Week 1Functional safety foundations → Concept phase mastery3h 5m
    • QuizCalibration: foundations12 questions20mPro
    • ReadItem definition & concept phase45mExpert
    • ReadE-Gas monitoring concept1h 10mPro
    • ReadProcess: Item Definition25mPro
    • ReadProcess: ASIL Decomposition25mPro
  2. Week 2Concept phase mastery3h 40m
    • ReadTechnical Safety ConceptThe full TSC treatment; budget two sittings if your week is tight.3h 40mExpert
  3. Week 3Concept phase mastery → System design for safety3h 50m
    • ReadProcess: Technical Safety Concept25mPro
    • QuizQuiz: concept phase12 questions20mPro
    • ReadSafety design patterns55mPro
    • ReadDependent failure analysis45mExpert
    • SimulatorSimulator: run a DFA45mExpert
    • ReadSafety-related timing40mExpert
  4. Week 4System design for safety → Interfaces & integration3h 33m
    • QuizQuiz: system design12 questions20mPro
    • ReadHardware-software interface45mExpert
    • ReadDevelopment interface agreement20mExpert
    • ReadVerification & validation overview15mExpert
    • ReadProcess: Specification and Management of Safety Requirements25mPro
    • ReadProcess: System Integration and Testing25mPro
    • QuizQuiz: integration10 questions18mPro
    • ReadSafety analyses compared30mExpert
    • ReadFMEA15mExpert
  5. Week 5Analyses for architects3h 5m
    • SimulatorSimulator: build an FMEA45mPro
    • ReadFTA essentials (chapters 1-8)Focus on chapters 1-8: fundamentals through ISO 26262 usage.2hExpert
    • QuizQuiz: safety analyses12 questions20mPro

Templates

49 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
  • Hardware Safety Requirements Specification
  • Hardware-Software Interface Specification (HSI)
  • Requirements for Production, Operation, Service and Decommissioning (POSD)
  • SEooC Assumption Validity Report
  • +37 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
  • Inverter and Motor Control Safety · Expert
  • Motorcycle Adaptation · Expert
  • Product Lines and Variant Safety · Expert
  • Safety Design Decisions Across Vehicle Domains · Expert
  • Trucks & Buses Adaptation · 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.