Prototype builds, weekend hacks, and the first time a demo actually drives itself.
BSW layers, RTE generation, and the ARXML config change that breaks a build six weeks later
Bare-metal drivers, RTOS scheduling, and the bugs that only show up at -40°C.
CAN, CAN-FD, and LIN diagnostics that keep a bus from silently dying.
Kalman filters, camera-radar fusion, and the sensor stack behind lane-keep.
ISO/SAE 21434, rollback protection, and the threat models that keep a bootloader honest.
YOLO models, dataset edge cases, and the simulation gap between synthetic rain and the real thing.
ISO 26262 in practice: FMEAs, ASIL decomposition, and safety cases that survive audit.