Safety processes for a first-of-its-kind autonomous electric hauler
Client & context
The Volvo CE TA15 is a fully electric, cab-less autonomous hauler — part of the Red Dot Award-winning TARA transport solution. It operates in confined off-highway sites, where the automotive and machinery safety worlds meet.
The problem
A first-of-its-kind fully electric, autonomous transport system needed functional safety processes built from the ground up — spanning both ISO 26262 (road-vehicle E/E safety) and ISO 13849 (machinery control systems), two frameworks with different logics that had to produce one coherent safety argument.
What I did
- Developed and rolled out functional safety processes and methodologies for fully electric autonomous transport, ensuring compliance with ISO 26262 and ISO 13849.
- Conducted hazard analysis and risk assessment (HARA) and fault tree analysis (FTA), defining safety measures to mitigate identified risks.
- Reviewed and approved safety plans, safety cases, safety analyses, and compliance files.
- Delivered training to embed safety practices team-wide.
The outcome
A working functional safety process bridging ISO 26262 and ISO 13849 for autonomous off-highway machines, with approved safety plans, analyses, and compliance files — and a team trained to carry it forward.
Standards & tools
ISO 26262ISO 13849HARAFTAAutonomous machines
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