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Bosch Engineering

Functional safety / SOTIF

As experts in functional safety and Safety of the Intended Function (SOTIF), we can assist you throughout the development process. We offer support with safety processes, engineer safe functions and vehicles, provide safety certifications, and conduct audits and assessments.

Safety processes and management

We support you to develop, enhance, and introduce processes and methods for functional safety – in accordance with ISO 26262 and ISO 21448, among others. We can assist in an advisory capacity when it comes to safety management or alternatively offer you our complete support.

Do you want to engineer state-of-the-art, safe products using highly efficient, customized processes? We can design and optimize the necessary processes and methods for you and assist your project teams in their application. Our safety managers support you in creating, planning, and monitoring the safety life cycle, or can manage these tasks for you.

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Training courses

  • Basic training for engineering processes and methods of ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 as well as established processes for their practical implementation

Analyses

  • Gap analysis of the compliance of your current processes and methods with safety standards
  • Optimization analysis to identify improvement and savings potential

Reviews

  • Confirmation reviews of the compliance of FuSa-related processes and methods with safety standards

Process engineering

  • Together, we develop the optimal safety and SOTIF processes, seamlessly integrated into your existing process landscape. Our customized templates ensure compliance with ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 standards
  • We will revise your process descriptions to close any gaps, ensure compliance with the relevant standards, and optimize the effort involved in your safety-related processes

Introduction

  • We ensure the efficient introduction of the safety and SOTIF processes and methods by means of practical employee training.

Safety management

  • Our experts will accompany your safety managers throughout the projects and carry out safety management tasks.

Our experts have extensive practical experience in creating and optimizing efficient, standard-compliant processes on the OEM side. On this basis, we can work with you to engineer the right processes and methods for your company.

Thanks to our vast expertise as consulting and executive safety managers, we know the actual processes and real problems in development projects on the supplier and manufacturer side. We use this expertise to provide you with optimal support in the management of your projects.

We are represented in standardization committees and therefore have extensive knowledge of current and future safety requirements, which we use to develop future-proof solutions for you.

Safety engineering

We accompany you throughout the entire engineering process and develop safe systems and products for you that satisfy all current and future safety requirements.

Our long-standing experience of functional safety in all vehicle segments and for all technologies allows us to engineer the perfect safety solutions for your needs. Based on our extensive knowledge, we can create customized, modular, and scalable vehicle safety concepts and assist you with the verification and validation.

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Preliminary safety goals

With our technical knowledge and market expertise, we can identify the expected safety targets and ASIL classifications for your project at an early stage and thus significantly accelerate the start of your project.

Hazard analysis and risk assessment (HARA)

  • Item definition
  • Risk assessments according to ISO 12100, ISO 26262, and ISO 21448
  • Definition of safety goals and their ASIL classification
  • Optional: simulation based determination of fault tolerance times

Safety concepts

  • Design of the safety architecture
  • Functional safety concept
  • Technical safety concept
  • SOTIF concepts

Safety related Analyses

  • FMEA
  • FTA
  • FMEDA
  • DFA

Verification and validation

  • Test concept
  • Test specification
  • Test execution
  • Test evaluation
  • Vehicle validation

Prototyping

  • Standardized determination and assessment of hazards for prototypes
  • State-of-the-art safety concepts for prototypes

Established technologies

  • Powertrain: conventional, hybrid, electric
  • Driving dynamics, braking and steering systems
  • Windshield wipers, lighting, and other convenience systems

Innovative technologies

  • Hydrogen storage, hydrogen combustion engines, and fuel cells
  • Protection of AI and cloud functions
  • Safe car2x and in-vehicle communication
  • By-wire systems with fail-operational strategies
  • Concepts for automated and highly automated assistance systems

Our experts help you to bring future technologies safely into series production.

We have extensive experience in ensuring the safety of standard market products. In addition, we specialize in developing products with extreme performance and for special areas of application. We utilize this knowledge to engineer customized solutions for you when standard solutions prove insufficient.

As a supplier, we know the exact capabilities and limits of components. We are familiar with various safety solutions worldwide and can identify the ideal solution for your use case and target market.

Safety audit and assessment

We conduct audits and assessments for you and provide the necessary safety certifications according to ISO 26262 or ISO 21448.

Do you require normatively independent safety certifications for your engineering projects or for your organization? Our experienced auditors can assist you with this by conducting and documenting standard-compliant audits and assessments. Following a corresponding audit, we can provide the required certifications for individual projects or for your entire organization.

We offer audits and assessments with the necessary independent inspection for, among other things, “Functional Safety” according to ISO 26262 and “Safety of the Intended Function” pursuant to ISO 21448.

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Organizational audit

We verify and document whether the processes of your organization meet the requirements of ISO 26262 or ISO 21440.

Project audit

We verify and document whether the processes within your project comply with the standards ISO 26262 and ISO 21448.

Project assessment

We verify and document whether your project meets the requirements of ISO 26262 and ISO 21448, both formally and technically, based on the defined ASIL.

Our auditors originate from the engineering side and are therefore familiar not only with the standard requirements but also their implementation. With their in-depth technical and practical knowledge, they are able to evaluate all aspects in a practice-oriented manner.

Our auditors are entirely independent. This ensures that you receive valid safety certifications – even in projects in which we act as your engineering partner.

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Do you have any questions? Feel free to contact our expert.

Jürgen Sojka, Senior Sales Manager

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