Shefali Sharma - Consultant - Functional Safety and Cybersecurity

Waterloo, Canada

Experience

Jun 2023 - Present

2 years 8 months

Consultant - Functional Safety and Cybersecurity

CapGemini

Work on the functional safety concept including requirements
Manage the development of the test cases and test plan for the Hardware Software Integration activity
Lead the discussion with the customer related to responsibilities in terms of DIA (Development Interface Agreement)
Perform HARA and create the associated safety goals, FSRs for the safety concept
Lead the audit activities for the safety certification
Responsible for the safety work product timeline management of the project
Responsible for the safety plan and safety case development
Work on the cybersecurity concept including requirements
Work on the test cases and test plan for the cybersecurity validation activity as per the lifecycle development
Lead the discussion with the customer related to responsibilities in terms of CIA (Cybersecurity Interface Agreement)
Perform HARA and create the associated safety goals, FSRs for the safety concept
Support engineers with the development of safety and security requirements and evaluation of new technologies
The Product Cybersecurity Threat and Risk Assessment (TARA) development, integration, and maintaining TARA tools consistent with security and automotive industry risk assessment best practices and ISO 21434

Aug 2021 - Jun 2023

1 year 11 months

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CS Canada

Perform the gap assessment to understand the current state of project
Process development for the hardware and software lifecycle processes as per the standard
Perform FMEDA, DIA, DFA, Safety manual, Safety concept
Support engineers with the development of safety requirements and evaluation of new technologies
Prepare tool qualification report to get the tool qualified as per the TCL
Work with engineering teams to enforce safe development standards and policies
Prioritize, communicate, and track the security issues with the engineering team
Provide guidance in the interpretation of hardware and software development lifecycle process as well as the governance of the standards with engineering teams
Perform FMEDA, DIA, FTA, FMEA, CIA
Support engineers with the development of safety and security requirements and evaluation of new technologies
The Product Cybersecurity Threat and Risk Assessment (TARA) development, integration, and maintaining TARA tools consistent with security and automotive industry risk assessment best practices and ISO 21434

Feb 2021 - Aug 2021

7 months

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Flex Automotive

Support the analysis with safety work products such as safety concept, item definition, safety goals, TSRs and HSRs
Execution and analysis of FMEDA, FTA, D-FMEA, DCA
Responsibility of functional and technical safety within project
Ensuring the project compliance with ISO26262, demonstration of risks along product development / product life cycle, collaborating with various teams such as hardware, software, systems to ensure the implementation of safety goals
Collaborate with the functional safety manager in the development of the Development Interface Agreement (DIA) with the customer

Jul 2018 - Feb 2021

2 years 8 months

Functional Safety Specialist

Molex Electronic Solutions

Planning and post processing of all activities of ISO 26262 safety-lifecycle
Responsibility of functional and technical safety within project
Support and execution of safety analysis (hazard risk analysis, FMEA, failure modes, effects and diagnostics coverage analysis, fault tree analysis)
Support the project with functional safety and cybersecurity requirements
Execution of V&V plans to demonstrate the safety measures has been correctly implemented
Creation of safety concepts and analysis (FMEA, FTA, FMEDA, HARA, TARA)

May 2017 - Jun 2018

1 year 2 months

Researcher

University of Waterloo

Presented the functional safety and cybersecurity analysis at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2018, Las Vegas, USA
Presented paper at STAMP 2018 workshop at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Boston, USA
Presented paper at DATE conference at Florence, Italy
Work on functional safety and security analysis of autonomous vehicle
Analysis and management of all functional safety aspects in software development project
Helping to create and drive a SW development process that meets ISO 26262/IEC 61508 requirements
Lead the hazard analysis and safety concept development activities for autonomous emergency braking of an L4 AV
Develop and document the functional safety requirements and the gap analysis with the existing architecture
Lead ISO 26262 functional safety assessment and documentation, including system safety program plans, safety concept reports, hazard analysis reports, safety verification plans and result summaries, and safety cases
Perform competitive analysis and maintain knowledge of emerging technologies in the dependability field
Develop technical solutions against requirements and work with hardware and software engineers to identify implementations
Execute safety analysis (HARA, FMEAs, FMEDA, FTA) for the treadmill network project
Define the functional and technical safety requirements and concepts
Develop test plans for safety verification and validation
Plan and track work packages and activities in the ISO 26262 safety lifecycle
Perform security analysis (attack tree, threat analysis)
Create all relevant documentation and support functional safety audits and assessments

Jul 2014 - Apr 2017

2 years 10 months

Researcher (Functional Safety and Embedded Software)

DAVIET

Manage project specific safety engineering according to internal functional safety management guidelines
Perform functional safety analysis as per ISO 26262 standards during all project phases (concept, product development, production) including HARA, ASIL identification, DFMEA, FMEDA, qualitative and quantitative fault tree analysis (FTA), common cause analysis and event tree analysis
Teach functional & technical safety concepts and safety architectures to ensure compliance with ISO 26262
Ensure technical specifications and other work products are prepared, stored correctly, and revisions are managed and released in a timely manner