FMEA + FTA
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Independent Risk Assessment Facilitation Training
Train your staff in the investigative mindset of an independent challenger — bottom-up FMEA and top-down FTA to challenge internal design assumptions.
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Rail Safety Case Authoring: EN 50126 / 50128 / 50129
For signaling, rolling-stock, and train-control engineers, this advanced workshop covers the RAMS lifecycle and the structure of a defensible safety case under EN 50126/50128/50129 — including independent software review and high-integrity argument construction.
What you’ll learn
Outcomes your team can apply on real hardware.
01
Manage the RAMS lifecycle under EN 50126
02
Structure a high-integrity safety case under EN 50129
03
Scope independent software functional-safety reviews (EN 50128 / 50657)
04
Author ConOps so processor-based systems interact safely with operators
Curriculum
Module outline.
A structured path from fundamentals to audit-ready evidence. Expand any module to see its lessons.
- The rail safety lifecycle
- RAM vs. safety
- Apportionment
- PHA, FMEA, FTA
- Tolerable hazard rates
- Hazard log
- Safety case structure
- Evidence & argument
- Cross-acceptance
- Software SIL
- Independent review
- Tool qualification
- Concepts of operation
- Human-operator interaction
- Autonomous rail-robot integration
5 modules · 15 lessons · Certificate of completion
Standards covered
Grounded in the standards that matter.
EN 50126·EN 50128·EN 50129·EN 50657
Your instructor
Taught by a principal safety engineer.
Ben Twombly
Founder & CEO · Principal Safety Engineer
Ben Twombly is the founder of Critical Systems Analysis and the principal engineer behind every CSA program. He holds an FS Engineer certification from TÜV Rheinland and the Industrial Functional Safety Professional (IFSP) certification.
Before founding CSA in May 2023, Ben spent six years as a Senior Safety Engineer at TÜV Rheinland, preparing clients for safety assessments across a wide range of safety-critical systems. He earned his degree in robotics from the Colorado School of Mines. At CSA he works with robotics companies, autonomous vehicle manufacturers, industrial machinery firms, battery management system developers, and rail transit organizations across the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
FS Engineer · Certified by TÜV Rheinland IFSP · Industrial Functional Safety Professional B.S. Robotics · Colorado School of Mines
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