Legion Studios provides experienced QA talent and technical support to help automotive teams validate, certify, and ship products to market — on time, to standard, and without the last-minute scrambles.
Common Challenges
Your team is writing code faster than the QA process can keep up — traceability gaps are piling up and certification audits are getting closer.
Automotive SPICE assessments are exposing process weaknesses your team doesn't have the bandwidth or expertise to close before the next review.
You need HiL or SiL test coverage built out, but your internal engineers are already committed to feature development and can't context-switch.
Program timing is compressing. You need experienced QA resources who can ramp quickly without a six-month learning curve on your stack.
ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity requirements are now part of your delivery scope, and the team doesn't have dedicated expertise to address TARA and threat modeling.
Your OEM is asking for evidence packages — work products, test results, review records — and the documentation trail is incomplete or inconsistent.
What We Do
From process setup and test strategy to certification evidence packages — we embed with your team and drive your program to the finish line.
We help teams implement, document, and audit their functional safety activities across hardware, software, and system levels — from concept phase through safety validation.
We assess your current process maturity, identify gaps against target capability levels, and help teams close findings ahead of OEM or third-party assessments.
End-to-end test planning, design, execution, and reporting — including hardware-in-the-loop, software-in-the-loop, and model-in-the-loop environments.
We support automotive cybersecurity activities including threat analysis, risk assessment, and documentation of cybersecurity requirements across the product lifecycle.
We validate embedded software for automotive ECUs — including static analysis, MISRA compliance, unit testing, and coverage analysis against coverage targets.
We compile, organize, and review the evidence packages your OEM or certification body needs — ensuring completeness, traceability, and review records are in order before submission.
Standards We Work To
We don't learn the standard on your program — we bring hands-on experience applying these frameworks across real automotive development programs.
Road vehicles functional safety standard, parts 2–8. ASIL A–D classification, confirmation measures, safety case development.
Software process assessment framework for automotive supplier development. Capability levels 1–3 readiness and improvement.
Road vehicle cybersecurity engineering. TARA, cybersecurity goals, requirements, and lifecycle management.
Classic and Adaptive AUTOSAR stack validation, RTE configuration, BSW module testing, and integration verification.
Static analysis tooling integration (LDRA, Polyspace, Klocwork), rule deviation management, and code review.
Failure mode and effects analysis, including hardware FMEDA for diagnostic coverage targets under ISO 26262 Part 5.
Scenario-based validation, simulation-based testing, and real-world test support for advanced driver assistance and automated driving features.
Automotive quality management process alignment, internal audit support, and supplier quality program readiness.
Talent & Staffing
Automotive programs rarely fail because of a lack of effort — they slip because the right skill isn't available at the right time. Legion Studios provides experienced automotive QA professionals who can embed with your team and deliver immediately.
We staff individual contributors, team leads, and subject matter experts across the QA and functional safety disciplines your program requires — on a project, contract, or extended engagement basis.
Discuss Your Staffing NeedHow We Work
We integrate with your program structure and toolchain — no ramp-up theater, no learning-at-your-expense.
We learn your program scope, timeline, current process maturity, and where the gaps are. Free, no commitment.
We review your existing artifacts, toolchain, and team structure to scope the engagement accurately.
Talent is on-boarded to your systems and processes. We identify the highest-value work and start delivering within the first week.
Regular status updates, risk flagging, and transparent progress against your program milestones and quality gates.
Evidence package review, final audit support, and close-out documentation to get you across the finish line.
FAQ
Both. We adapt to what your program needs. Many of our engagements are hybrid — remote for day-to-day work, on-site for audits, reviews, and critical milestones. We're based in the Detroit metro area and are well-positioned for Michigan and Midwest automotive programs.
We're toolchain-agnostic. We've worked in DOORS, JAMA, JIRA, Polarion, LDRA, Polyspace, dSPACE HiL, MATLAB/Simulink, Vector CANoe, CANalyzer, and a range of custom environments. We ramp up on your stack quickly.
Yes — and this is actually the most common situation. We're comfortable doing triage, gap analysis, and catching up on documentation and test coverage for programs already in flight.
We have experience across powertrain, chassis, ADAS, infotainment, body control, and electric vehicle systems. If it's automotive-grade software or electronics, we have relevant experience.
Yes. Pre-assessment readiness is one of our most common engagements — reviewing your work products, identifying gaps, and helping teams close findings before the formal review.
Yes. Not every program needs a full-time resource. We offer flexible engagement models — from a few days per month to full-time embedded support — depending on what your program phase requires.
Get Started
Book a free discovery call. We'll talk through your program, where things stand, and what it would take to close the gap — no commitment required.