Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation earn international certification for their in-house automotive semiconductor development process under ISO functional safety standards ... building an SoC standard from 2025

[Financial News] Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation have received certification that their in-house automotive semiconductor development process complies with international functional safety standards. The process was assessed as organically linking every stage, from setting development objectives to design, implementation and verification, across systems, hardware and software.
On the 5th, Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation said they held a ceremony on the 4th at Pangyo Tech One in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, to receive certification from international certifying body TÜV Rheinland for the “International Standard for an ISO-Based Functional Safety Process.” The certification covers the development process and functional safety management system, not the semiconductor itself.
Yoo Ji-han, vice president in charge of the SDV Platform at Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation, along with other company employees and TÜV Rheinland representatives, attended the ceremony. Since 2025, Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation have built and operated their own standard process tailored to automotive SoC (system-on-chip) development. An SoC is a semiconductor that implements a system with multiple functions on a single chip.
TÜV Rheinland reviewed the development framework as a whole, including the functional safety management system, development process definitions, the roles and responsibilities of each organization, standard deliverables, templates, guidelines and checklists. It focused in particular on whether the consistency of every stage—from development objectives through design, implementation and verification—and the configuration and change management system met international standard requirements.
According to Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation, TÜV Rheinland assessed that system, hardware and software development were organically linked throughout the process, and that criteria and deliverables for each stage were clearly defined. It also found that the framework enabled potential errors to be identified early during development and safety requirements to be incorporated consistently through to the final product.
Having secured a foundation for developing automotive semiconductors under a functional safety framework at the global level through this certification, Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation plan to extend their standard development process across semiconductor development to strengthen safety and reliability.
“I am pleased that we have received objective certification confirming that Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation’s semiconductor development process aligns with global standards,” said Vice President Yoo Ji-han. “We will focus all our capabilities on developing automotive semiconductors that can lead the future mobility market.”
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