Motivation
The essential driver for establishing functional safety in your products is product liability: in Europe product liability law is subject to §4 GPSG; in addition countries have individual regulations in place. Predominantly these require the manufacturers to adhere to state-of-the-art development which, from a legal perspective, includes conformance to safety standards. Incompliance may otherwise lead to state prosecutor investigation which, ultimately, might further result in a charge of bodily harm with fatal consequences against individuals in the organization.
With respect to product accreditation, automobiles currently do not need to receive authority approval as is the case in industry domains such as medical devices, aeronautics, and air traffic control.
For these reasons leading car manufacturers have set the goal of only distributing automobiles from 2011 on that have been developed according to ISO 26262, an automotive-specific derivative of the general worldwide safety standard IEC 61508. This means that all OEMs and tier n suppliers are expected to adapt their development and product lifecycle processes to comply with this automotive-specific standard.

Objectives
The participants will

• understand what exactly functional safety means and how it is distinguished from other terms.

• understand why functional safety is relevant to product liability law and liability of individuals.

• achieve a thorough understanding of functional safety.

• be capable of identifying the necessary adaptations of processes for the development of safety-relevant products.

• Definition of terms
  • Security, safety, functional safety,  active safety, passive safety, usage safety

• Motivation for functional safety
  • Product liability
  • Product accreditation

• What functional safety is
  • The notion of „system“
  • Hazards, causal factors, accidents, safety goals
  • Hazard and risk analysis, Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL)
  • How to reduce risk, safety functions

• The functional safety lifecycle
  • Safety requirements
  • Safety analyses with methods such as FMEA, FTA, FMEDA
  • Safety validation
  • Safety approvals
  • Safety audits and assessments
  • Creation of a safety case

• Supplier monitoring with respect to functional safety.

• English

Prerequisites
Knowledge about functional safety or product liability is not required. Participants should have technical professional experience in the automotive industry.

Duration
1 day

Conditions and participation certificate.
EUR 550.00 per participant exclusive of VAT.
The seminar fee includes all course materials, beverages and lunch.

After the seminar each participant will receive a participation certificate.