Philip Koopman, Technical Consultant, Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Helen Monkhouse, Chief Engineer, Functional Safety, HORBIA MIRA and Danilo Da Costa Ribeiro, System Safety Manager, Engineer at Continental, join Riccardo Vincelli, Director Functional Safety at Renesas Electronics and Franck Galtié, Functional Safety Fellow at NXP Semiconductors to discuss the implementation of SOTIF, managing unexpected scenarios, and the impact of AI.

Find out more on the topics mentioned at Automotive Functional Safety Week 2025 on 28th - 30th April with Helen, Danilo, Riccardo and Franck. 

Jofin George, Functional Safety Manager at Schaeffler, offers valuable insights into the most promising opportunities for effectively applying AI in functional safety analysis, particularly in alignment with ISO 8800 and ISO 5469 standards. He also addresses key challenges and risks associated with AI integration and how these can be mitigated. Jofin shares practical examples of how he is currently utilising Generative AI for hazard and system analysis, and discusses how automotive companies can ensure accuracy and reliability of AI systems in safety analysis. 

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, has shared his thoughts on How to Balance Operational & Functional Safety for Autonomous Vehicles, including:

- Combination of Safety and Security expertise in an interconnected and integrated unit

- Safety expertise from the component to a complex system of systems

- Security expertise from Product Security up to IT/OT Security

- Single source for all Safety and Security activities

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. 

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