Philip Koopman, Technical Consultant and Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Helen Monkhouse, Chief Engineer of Functional Safety at HORIBA MIRA, and Danilo Da Costa Ribeiro, System Safety Manager at Continental, join Riccardo Vincelli, Director of Functional Safety at Renesas Electronics, and Franck Galtié, Functional Safety Fellow at NXP Semiconductors, for a deep dive into SOTIF implementation, managing unexpected scenarios, and the growing influence of AI.

A must-watch panel discussion exploring the realities, challenges, and future direction of safety for increasingly intelligent systems.

To support industry alignment and strengthen the safe integration of automated driving systems, ISO/TS 5083 introduces a structured set of requirements designed to guide organisations through the complexities of AD system development.

Thomas Kirschbaum, Senior Expert in System Safety at Bosch, shares his perspective on the standard’s core objectives, the best practices teams should adopt when preparing for compliance, and the key conformity requirements that matter most. He also explores the broader influence ISO/TS 5083 will have on automotive safety and how it helps organisations build more robust, future‑ready AD systems.

As Autonomous Vehicles move from level 2 to level 3-5, and the vehicle becomes mostly AI driven, almost every new project will require SOTIF in some way. Automotive IQ spoke with Antonello De Galizia, System Safety Engineering | SOTIF Expert for Automated Driving at CARIAD, who explained the ISO 21448 considerations for L3+ autonomous vehicles, focusing on:

• What needs to be considered when adding SOTIF to a product
• How SOTIF changes the safety concept of L3+ autonomous vehicles
• The operational design domain for autonomous driving applications, and the differences between L2/L3 and L5
  

Abhash Das, Safety Expert at ZF Group, shares his perspective on how to effectively balance operational safety and functional safety for autonomous vehicles. He highlights the growing need for a unified approach that brings together:

• Combined safety and security expertise within an interconnected, integrated organisation
• Safety knowledge that scales from individual components to complex systems‑of‑systems
• Security capabilities spanning product security through to IT/OT security
• A single, centralised source for all safety and security activities

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Automotive IQ interviewed Gareth Price, Director Software Delivery at Eatron Technologies to get a further understanding of where the industry currently stands with Functional Safety, which we will be posting as a two-part video podcast. Get your copy of Part 1 of this exclusive video interview. Watch part 2 here.

While ISO 26262 is reaching a certain level of maturity, advancements in electrification, autonomous driving, software-defined vehicles, and AI-based applications are introducing new challenges of ensuring safety with new unparalleled levels of complexity. Furthermore, SOTIF is also coming in thick and fast, and safety experts are on the cusp of decision making for the third edition of ISO 26262. To prepare for the next edition, OEMs and Suppliers are looking for the next wave of guidance to accommodate for changes in the automotive industry right now. Unmissable.

Automotive IQ spoke with a panel of experts from NXP Semiconductors to delve into the latest developments and challenges in functional safety. Franck Galtié, Carmen Klug-Mocanu, Marcus Müller, and Mat Blazy-Winning provided invaluable insights into NXP’s functional safety priorities for 2024, shedding light on the company’s strategies amidst the automotive industry’s shift towards autonomous driving and electrification.

From navigating evolving standards landscapes to streamlining functional safety processes and reinterpreting ISO 26262 for complex software architectures in Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs), the conversation covered the most pressing FuSa challenges for 2024.

In the second part of this video interview with Gareth Price at Eatron Technologies and Automotive IQ, Gareth shares his views and knowledge on what should be included in the next edition of ISO 26262 and SOTIF. Following on from this, Gareth gives his insight into what direction other safety standards are heading in, and how the industry can prepare for any new requirements being faced.

Missed part 1? Watch here.