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Polarion ALM for
Automotive Engineering

Achieve functional safety compliance for ISO 26262 and Automotive SPICE across complex OEM and supplier ecosystems — with full traceability from safety goal to verified test evidence.

ISO 26262 Automotive SPICE ASPICE Level 2–3 AUTOSAR CMMI UN R155 / R156
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ISO 26262 safety traceability chain — Polarion ALM
The Challenge

Functional safety in
a multi-tier supply chain.

Modern vehicles contain over 100 million lines of code across dozens of ECUs. OEMs demand ASPICE Level 2 at minimum from Tier 1 suppliers. Functional safety under ISO 26262 requires continuous, auditable traceability from Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment all the way through to test evidence.

Coordinating that across internal teams, external suppliers, and model-based engineering toolchains — without a unified system — is where safety compliance breaks down.

Supplier Traceability Gaps

Safety requirements sent to Tier 2 suppliers in Word documents return as deliverables with no traceable link back to the vehicle-level safety goal.

ASPICE Process Assessment Overhead

Preparing evidence for ASPICE Level 2 or 3 assessments is a manual process pulling data from multiple disconnected sources.

Model-Based Development Isolation

Simulink models and AUTOSAR architectures evolve independently from the requirements system, causing drift and untracked impact.

Software Variant Explosion

Managing requirements and test cases across dozens of regional variants and model years multiplies the compliance burden without a structured approach.

How Polarion ALM Solves It

From safety goal to test evidence — automatically

Polarion was built alongside the development of ISO 26262 and Automotive SPICE. The workflows, templates, and traceability model reflect real functional safety programmes.

ISO 26262 HARA Templates

Pre-configured Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment workflows. Safety goals classified by ASIL are automatically propagated to functional and technical safety requirements with traceable links.

Multi-Tier Supplier Collaboration

ReqIF data exchange enables lossless requirements handoff to Tier 2 suppliers and back. Traceability is maintained across organisational boundaries without manual reconstruction.

ASPICE Process Evidence

Automated artefact history, workflow audit trails, and live dashboards generate the process evidence needed for ASPICE Level 2 and Level 3 assessments without manual preparation.

Simulink & AUTOSAR Integration

Native integration with MATLAB/Simulink links model elements to Polarion requirements. AUTOSAR component specifications are traceable from architecture through to implementation.

Software Variants Management

Product Line Engineering concepts allow requirements and test cases to be shared, specialised, or excluded per variant. Compliance evidence is always correct for each vehicle configuration.

Functional Safety Audit Trail

Every change to every safety requirement, analysis item, and test case is timestamped, attributed, and immutably recorded. The audit trail withstands TÜV and IATF assessments.

Standards Coverage

Designed for the automotive standards stack

ISO 26262
Road Vehicle Functional SafetyCovers the full functional safety lifecycle from item definition through HARA, safety goals, functional and technical safety requirements, to verification and validation.
Automotive SPICE
Process Assessment ModelASPICE defines software development process capability levels (1–5) that OEMs require from Tier 1 suppliers. Polarion workflows are aligned to ASPICE capability Level 2 and 3 evidence requirements.
AUTOSAR
Automotive Open System ArchitectureAUTOSAR component and software architecture specifications can be linked to and traced from requirements managed in Polarion.
UN R155 / R156
Cybersecurity & Software UpdatesUN regulations for vehicle cybersecurity management systems (R155) and software update management systems (R156) require traceability of software components and update processes.
CMMI
Capability Maturity Model IntegrationPolarion process workflows and artefact management support CMMI maturity level improvements across requirements management, project planning, and configuration management.
ReqIF
Requirements Interchange FormatBuilt-in ReqIF support enables lossless requirements exchange with OEMs, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers using IBM DOORS, Polarion, PTC Integrity, or any ReqIF-compliant tool.

Achieve ISO 26262 and ASPICE compliance — faster.

Talk to us about your OEM programme, supplier assessment level, or Simulink integration challenges. We've delivered Polarion in both environments.

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