Typical Common Cause?

Background A few weeks ago, I commented on an interesting LinkedIn thread about independence and common…

Getting Started in Autonomous Safety

I get this question a lot: "Hey, I am an experienced functional safety engineer in another…

Software Heresy

  "Heresy is another word for freedom of thought." - Graham Greene Software Reliability Redux It…

Against Software Reliability?

Provides background on software reliability and discusses the challenge of validating high reliability software

Software Reliability Models

  "All models are wrong, but some are useful" - aphorism in statistics Engineers are comfortable…

Automotive Functional Safety Certification

[Editor’s Note Sept 2022: the information in this post has become quite dated and will be…

Introduction to ASIL

In earlier posts, we provided a general intro to the ISO 26262 standard as well as…

ISO 26262 Fault Metrics Intro

In today’s post, we will take a deep dive into Part 5 of ISO 26262, which…

Machine Learning Review

Back in July, I finally took the plunge to study a topic that has interested me…

ISO 26262: A Brief Intro

The design of the safety functions in these vehicles is governed by the international standard ISO…