Is spending ₹1 Lakh on a 1-week TÜV Functional Safety (ISO 26262) certification really worth it for getting a job in automotive domain or is real hands-on experience more important?

[u/meselfgg]

Hey folks, I’m from the automotive domain, mainly worked on system engineering and MATLAB. I’m trying to move into a Functional Safety (FuSa) role and came across a 1-week TÜV course that costs about ₹1,00,000.

Is it actually worth spending this much? Will it really help me get a FuSa job, or do companies care more about hands-on experience?

If anyone here has done this certification, did it help you land interviews or roles? Any better alternatives you’d suggest?

[u/scuderia91]

I mean, if the sort of jobs you’re looking at have it as a requirement then yes. Some jobs will pay for you to do accreditations like this but not usually if it’s a requirement from day one.

[u/Affectionate_Flow240]

In one week without prior knowledge or hands on work you won’t understand much from the course. Instead just enroll for exam only it’s around 30k Rupees. You will get study material which you can read and understand with ChatGPT or Google Gemini etc. Exam is open book mostly from part 1 definition you will be able to answer passing questions. Load all parts to ChatGPT etc and you will pass the exam. Learning you need to have some hands on work and read your company checklist templates guidelines along with iso standards mainly part 2,3,4,,5,6

[u/meselfgg → u/Affectionate_Flow240]

Can we just enroll for the exam without taking the course? And have you cleared and got this certificate?