Functional Safety

ISO 26262 is an ISO standard for safety-relevant electrical / electronic systems in motor vehicles. It defines an action model that includes required activities and work products as well as applicable methods for development and production.

The implementation of the standard is intended to ensure the functional safety of a system with electrical / electronic components in the motor vehicle. The focus of the standard are vehicles up to 3500 kg total weight. The application of the standard is voluntary, but in practice, more and more automotive manufacturers are demanding its application from their suppliers.

ISO 26262 consists of ten parts covering the following contents:

1. vocabulary
2. Management of functional safety
3. Concept phase
4. Product development: System level
5. Product development: hardware level
6. Product development: software level
7. Production, operation and decommissioning
8. Supporting processes
9. ASIL and safety-oriented analyzes
10. Guideline (only informative)

OVOX supports you with the complex application of the ISO 26262, creates ASIL analyzes together with you, helps you to decompose system-critical functions, defines the security objectives of your product together with you and helps you to implement the standard company-wide.