ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Engineering

The systems engineering of ADAS and autonomy — sensors and fusion, control architectures, ISO 26262 and SOTIF, validation, and the failure and liability landscape.

Private cohorts & on-site
Format: 3-day (8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.)
Level: Advanced
Location: Scheduled on demand · on-site at your facility or a regional venue
Date(s): Not yet scheduled for open enrollment. Get notified when it is, or book it privately for your team.
Includes: Certificate of Completion · printed slide binder · take-home reference text

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Faculty

Faculty details for this seminar will be announced with the full schedule.

Fees

Early: $1,895 (payment 4+ weeks ahead)
Standard: $2,095 (check/ACH) · $2,165 (card)

Group discount: $200 off per attendee for 3+ from the same organization.

Also Available

  • Corporate on-site delivery at your facility
  • Private cohort sessions
  • Digital curriculum licensing

Seminar Overview

ADAS and autonomous features are now the fastest-growing source of engineering claims — and their success or failure is decided in controls, sensing, and software. Taught by ETS-affiliated faculty with OEM vehicle-controls program experience, this seminar covers the systems engineering of ADAS and autonomy: sensors and fusion, control architectures, safety and standards (ISO 26262, SOTIF), validation, and the failure/liability landscape. It is the technical complement to ETS's polymer and packaging courses, bridging to the software-defined vehicle.

Ideal Learner

  • ADAS, controls, and software engineers at OEMs and Tier-1s
  • Systems engineers coordinating sensor and control integration
  • Safety and functional-safety engineers (ISO 26262)
  • Packaging engineers integrating electronics into vehicle structure
  • Failure-analysis and liability professionals in automotive software

Learning Objectives

  • Explain ADAS/autonomy architecture: sensing, fusion, perception, planning, control
  • Apply ISO 26262 and SOTIF to ADAS feature development
  • Design validation and test campaigns for ADAS features
  • Integrate sensor and computing hardware into the vehicle (packaging/thermal)
  • Investigate and prevent ADAS-related failure and liability scenarios

Consulting Sessions

Seminar attendees can sign up for individual consulting sessions with the instructor. Sessions are free for registered attendees, first-come first-served — sign up when registering by calling 248-539-0473 or during the seminar.

Seminar Outline

  • Feature taxonomy: parking to L2/L3 hands-off
  • From sensor to action: the full pipeline
  • Where plastics and packaging meet ADAS hardware
  • Camera, radar, LiDAR, ultrasonic: strengths and failure modes
  • Sensor fusion and its failure modes
  • Detection, classification, and decision under uncertainty
  • Longitudinal/lateral control architectures
  • Interacting with steering, braking, and propulsion
  • ESC/ABS integration and handover
  • ISO 26262: concept, system, hardware, software
  • SOTIF (ISO 21448): addressing unintended behaviors
  • Safety cases, ASILs, and validation evidence
  • Simulation, HIL, track, and fleet validation
  • Scenario coverage and edge cases
  • Metrics and safety-performance evidence
  • ADAS-related incident analysis
  • Pre-crash reconstruction and EDR/data
  • The engineering-legal interface in autonomous claims

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