Introduction To Automotive Functional Safety (fusa)
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 890.00 MB | Duration: 2h 1m
ISO26262
Understand the fundamental principles of functional safety and why it is critical in modern automotive systems
Explain the structure, intent, and scope of ISO 26262
Distinguish clearly between hazards, failures, and risks, and understand how they relate in real engineering scenarios
Perform a basic Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA), including assigning Severity, Exposure, and Controllability
Determine Automotive Safety Integrity Levels (ASIL) and understand how they drive safety requirements
Requirements
Basic understanding of automotive systems and development process
Description
This course provides a practical, engineering-focused introduction to functional safety in automotive systems, based on ISO 26262. It explains how hazards arise, how risk is assessed, and how safety requirements are derived and implemented across hardware, software, and system architectures.Rather than focusing purely on compliance, this course emphasises real-world engineering thinking, helping you understand how safety failures actually occur-and how to prevent them.Why? Functional safety is a matter of traceable engineering responsibility rather than mere documentation. The series guides engineers through a structured lifecycle, beginning with a precise Item Definition and the identification of detailed Failure Modes to prevent downstream design errors. Using practical examples like power windows and electronic seats, the text illustrates how adding convenience features increases systemic risk if not properly managed. It details the Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA) process, which evaluates failures based on severity, exposure, and controllability to assign an ASIL rating. Ultimately, the course advocates for a safety-first mindset where every electronic component is engineered to protect human life during a malfunction.Functional safety is concerned with ensuring that a system behaves safely-even when faults occur.Modern vehicles rely heavily on electrical and electronic systems. These systems control braking, steering, powertrain, and increasingly autonomous functions.When these systems fail, the consequences can be severe. Functional safety exists to ensure that failures do not lead to unacceptable risk.It's important to understand that functional safety does not eliminate risk. Instead, it reduces risk to a level that is considered acceptable through structured engineering processes.This course will take you through how that is achieved-from hazard identification through to system design and verification.Functional safety practitioners are in strong demand with great salary rewards. Taking this course will set you on a path to a role in this area.
Automotive engineers, technical trainers, and automotive mechanical and electronics students.,Beginner in the field of Functional Safety
Introduction To Automotive Functional Safety (fusa)
