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V&V / Test Engineer

Verification strategy, fault injection, qualification and the analyses that drive test design.

  • 3 weeks
  • 19 items
  • 9.4 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 → The V&V framework3h 38m
    • QuizCalibration: foundations12 questions20mPro
    • ReadVerification & validation15mExpert
    • ReadConfirmation measures25mExpert
    • ReadProcess: Verification25mPro
    • ReadProcess: Safety Validation25mPro
    • QuizQuiz: V&V framework10 questions18mPro
    • ReadFault injection testing55mExpert
    • ReadSoftware critical path analysis10mExpert
    • ReadProcess: System Integration and Testing25mPro
  2. Week 2Testing methods → Qualification & tools3h 31m
    • ReadSafety-related timing40mExpert
    • QuizQuiz: testing methods10 questions18mPro
    • ReadReuse and qualification of pre-existing software25mExpert
    • ReadProcess: Confidence in the Use of Software Tools25mPro
    • ReadProcess: Qualification of Software Components25mPro
    • QuizQuiz: qualification & tool confidence10 questions18mPro
    • ReadFMEA15mExpert
    • SimulatorSimulator: build an FMEA45mPro
  3. Week 3Analyses that drive testing2h 18m
    • ReadFTA essentials (chapters 1-8)Focus on chapters 1-8: enough FTA to read and challenge trees.2hExpert
    • QuizQuiz: analyses for V&V10 questions18mPro

Templates

93 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
  • Base Vehicle Manufacturer/Supplier Guideline
  • Change Management Plan
  • Change Report
  • Change Request
  • +81 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 simulator and 5 practice exams a month. Pro and Expert unlock the rest of the schedule.