Overview
This half-day introductory training provides an overview of functional safety using IEC 61508:2010. It is designed for managers, engineers, and other professionals who are unfamiliar with functional safety and need to understand the standard’s key concepts, lifecycle activities, organizational responsibilities, and product-development requirements.
IEC 61508 addresses safety-critical electrical, electronic, and programmable electronic systems across a wide range of industries, including increasingly software-defined, autonomous, and AI-enabled systems. The course introduces functional safety management, hazard and risk assessment, overall and system safety requirements, hardware metrics, system and software development processes, validation, and assessment.
The training is provided by SRES functional safety experts with extensive experience supporting manufacturers, suppliers, and semiconductor companies in establishing and improving functional safety practices.
Intended Audience
This course is intended for managers, engineers, and other professionals seeking a foundational understanding of IEC 61508 and functional safety. It is particularly relevant for:
- Engineering managers and technical leaders beginning to work with IEC 61508
- Systems, hardware, software, and functional safety engineers who are new to functional safety
- Program and product managers supporting safety-critical product development
- Quality, compliance, and assessment professionals seeking an overview of IEC 61508 responsibilities
- Professionals working with robotics, autonomy, industrial automation, or other AI-enabled systems
- Professionals at manufacturers, suppliers, and semiconductor companies preparing to establish or improve functional safety processes
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the purpose and foundational concepts of IEC 61508
- Describe the role of functional safety management and key organizational responsibilities
- Understand the purpose of hazard and risk assessment
- Recognize the relationship between overall and system safety requirements
- Explain why hardware metrics and safety analyses are required
- Understand the role of system and software development processes within IEC 61508
- Identify key responsibilities associated with validation and functional safety assessment
- Recognize how foundational functional safety principles apply to modern robotics, autonomy, and AI-enabled systems
Agenda
Below you will find an outline of the training course schedule.
- Functional Safety Management: Structuring the organization and assigning responsibilities
- Overall Safety Requirements: Establishing the overall safety concept
- Hazard and Risk Assessment: Understanding applicable techniques
- System Safety Requirements: Understanding requirements and responsibilities
- Hardware Metrics: Understanding the need for hardware safety analyses
- System and Software Development: Overview of applicable safety-process requirements
- Validation and Assessment: Understanding responsibilities and confirmation activities
