Do you have challenging requirements on functional safety related to the engineering of software, hardware and systems? Do you have to reliably prove functional safety? Regardless whether it is automotive, aerospace or systems engineering, functional safety must be developed and validated from the beginning. An increasing amount of safety-critical functions are appearing and must be economically addressed. Liability risks are growing and customers expect from their suppliers that state of the practice methodologies are applied.
Vector Consulting Services is the preferred supplier on functional safety for many companies:
Our broad know-how from practically implementing functional safety in many companies yields objective-driven implementation with limited effort. By embedding functional safety into the product life-cycle combined with state-of-the-practice technologies for system, software and hardware engineering, we support our clients in growing their competences towards delivering proven safety-critical software. We support safety managers in their daily operational work and introduce efficiencient processes to reliably achieve safety without overheads.
Initial situation: A leading automotive supplier realized that functional safety has become a critical success factor in his business. There was no consistent path from requirements analysis with the OEM to the final proof that safety requirements have been met.
Solution: Vector was asked to introduce the necessary methodology and practices and to efficiently integrate with existing engineering and management processes. The safety standard IEC 61508 was introduced in several steps. In parallel we delivered praxis-oriented trainings to engineering which was adapted to the respective specific roles. Based on the criticality and the SIL classification we developed a lean yet effective approach to consistently implement safety requirements.
Results: With this suite of changes we not only addressed our client's safety requirements but also achieved a tangible culture change in the company with the result that engineers knew how to design for safety along the entire life-cycle.
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