Title: System Architect learning path | ISO 26262 Academy URL: https://iso26262.academy/path/system-architect Description: Part 3 and Part 4: from item definition through technical safety concept to integration. --- **ISO 26262 Academy** · Learning path · open to read # System Architect Part 3 and Part 4: from item definition through technical safety concept to integration. [Create a free account to start](https://iso26262.academy/register?plan=free&from=%2Fpath%2Fsystem-architect) [Explore Career Path](https://iso26262.academy/features/career-path) - **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. Open a guide to see what it covers; each item shows every plan that includes it. 1. **Week 1** Functional safety foundations → Concept phase mastery 3h 5m - Quiz Calibration: foundations12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read [Item definition & concept phase](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/item-definition-concept-phase) 45m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read [E-Gas monitoring concept](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/e-gas) 1h 10m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read Process: Item Definition 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read Process: ASIL Decomposition 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 2. **Week 2** Concept phase mastery 3h 40m - Read [Technical Safety Concept](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/technical-safety-concept) The full TSC treatment; budget two sittings if your week is tight. 3h 40m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 3. **Week 3** Concept phase mastery → System design for safety 3h 50m - Read Process: Technical Safety Concept 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Quiz Quiz: concept phase12 questions 20m [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 [Dependent failure analysis](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/dependent-failure-analysis) 45m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Simulator Simulator: run a DFA 45m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [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) 4. **Week 4** System design for safety → Interfaces & integration 3h 33m - Quiz Quiz: system design12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [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 [Development interface agreement](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/development-interface-agreement) 20m [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 Process: Specification and Management of Safety Requirements 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read Process: System Integration and Testing 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Quiz Quiz: integration10 questions 18m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read [Safety analyses compared](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/safety-analyses) 30m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read [FMEA](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/fmea) 15m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 5. **Week 5** Analyses for architects 3h 5m - Simulator Simulator: build an FMEA 45m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Read [FTA essentials (chapters 1-8)](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/fta) Focus on chapters 1-8: fundamentals through ISO 26262 usage. 2h [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) - Quiz Quiz: safety analyses12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 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. [Browse all guides](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts#library) - Vehicle domains [Battery & HV Powertrain Safety](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/battery-hv-safety) Functional safety for electric vehicles from cell to wheel: how lithium-ion cells fail, the BMS measurement chain, contactors and HVIL, isolation monitoring, safe torque, charging and thermal runaway, plus the FMEDA and FTTI work behind it. [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 14 chapters - System level [EMC & Transient Safety](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/emc-transient-safety) The environment as a fault source: how EMI, ESD, load dump and coupled transients become random faults, the ISO 7637 / ISO 11452 / ISO 10605 standards map, immunity as a safety argument, and filtering, shielding and plausibility as safety measures. [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 13 chapters - Vehicle domains [Inverter and Motor Control Safety](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/inverter-motor-control-safety) How a traction inverter earns its ASIL: unintended-torque hazards, Active Short Circuit vs freewheeling safe states, three-level torque monitoring, and the protection layers from gate driver to control software. [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 12 chapters - Beyond the standard [Motorcycle Adaptation](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/motorcycle-adaptation) Learn ISO 26262-12 adaptations for single-track vehicles including modified controllability and ASIL assessments. Covers motorcycle-specific hazards, rider factors, and tailored requirements for ABS, traction control, and suspension. [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 12 chapters - Software [Product Lines and Variant Safety](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/product-line-variant-safety) Keeping ISO 26262 evidence valid across a family of vehicles: variability models a safety argument can trust, family HARA scope, feature interaction screening, Annex C configuration and calibration data, constraints that make unsafe configurations unbuildable, and a modular safety case. [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 13 chapters - Concept phase [Safety Design Decisions Across Vehicle Domains](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/domain-safety-design-decisions) Nine automotive domains walk the exact same ISO 26262 Part 3-6 chain (item definition, HARA, FSC, TSC, HSI, hardware and software), yet arrive at radically different technical answers. See why a traction inverter, a brake ECU and a cockpit display controller end up nothing alike. [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced) 11 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%2Fsystem-architect) [What Pro and Expert unlock](https://iso26262.academy/pricing)