Title: V&V / Test Engineer learning path | ISO 26262 Academy
URL: https://iso26262.academy/path/verification-validation-engineer
Description: Verification strategy, fault injection, qualification and the analyses that drive test design.

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

# V&V / Test Engineer

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

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- **3** weeks
- **20** items
- **9.9** 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 V&V framework 3h 38m
   - Quiz Calibration: foundations12 questions 20m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read [Verification & validation](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/verification-validation) 15m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read [Confirmation measures](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/confirmation-measures) 25m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read Process: Verification 25m [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)
   - Quiz Quiz: V&V framework10 questions 18m [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)
   - Read [Software critical path analysis](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/sw-critical-path-analysis) 10m [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)
2. **Week 2** Testing methods → Qualification & tools 3h 16m
   - Read [Safety-related timing](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/safety-related-timing) 40m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Quiz Quiz: testing methods10 questions 18m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [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)
   - Read [Hardware element evaluation](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/hardware-element-evaluation) 30m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read Process: Confidence in the Use of Software Tools 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read Process: Qualification of Software Components 25m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Quiz Quiz: qualification & tool confidence10 questions 18m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Read [FMEA](https://iso26262.academy/features/concepts/fmea) 15m [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
3. **Week 3** Analyses that drive testing 3h 3m
   - 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: enough FTA to read and challenge trees. 2h [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)
   - Quiz Quiz: analyses for V&V10 questions 18m [Pro](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-basic) [Expert](https://iso26262.academy/pricing#plan-advanced)

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 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%2Fverification-validation-engineer) [What Pro and Expert unlock](https://iso26262.academy/pricing)