Hirain Technologies has obtained the first ISO/PAS 8800 automotive AI safety process certificate among domestic Tier-1 suppliers.
Release time:
2025-11-05 09:55
Recently, Jingwei Hirain Technologies Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Hirain”) successfully passed the ISO/PAS 8800:2024 road vehicle AI safety process certification conducted by SGS, an internationally recognized testing, inspection, and certification organization, becoming the first Tier-1 enterprise in China to obtain this certification.
On October 24, 2025, a certification ceremony was held at the Hirain Automotive Electronics Technology Forum, where more than 600 industry guests from domestic and international OEMs and other enterprises jointly witnessed this milestone moment.
Hirain Assistant President Wang Yu and SGS Automotive Services Department Director LYU Bincai
Jointly Attend the Certificate-Awarding Ceremony
ISO/PAS 8800 is the world’s first authoritative artificial intelligence safety standard for the road vehicle domain, released by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in December 2024. The standard aims to address risks of unexpected safety-related behavior at the vehicle level caused by output deficiencies, systematic errors, and random hardware failures of in-vehicle AI components, ensuring the safe operation of AI technology in complex tasks and scenarios.
Passing the certification by the internationally authoritative organization SGS signifies that Hirain has established a product development system aligned with the highest international AI safety standards for road vehicles. This system integrates with the company’s already certified ISO 26262, ISO 21448, and ISO 21434 systems, covering four major safety domains: functional safety, expected functional safety, cybersecurity, and AI safety. It will provide comprehensive and robust safety assurance for Hirain’s autonomous driving, intelligent cockpit, intelligent chassis, and other products.
At the certification ceremony, Mr. Binsi Lü, Director of SGS Automotive Services, stated:
AI technology has greatly enhanced the overall capabilities of intelligent vehicles in environmental perception, intelligent decision-making, and dynamic control. However, the inherent complexity and uncertainty of AI systems also introduce numerous safety risks. Therefore, ensuring the safe and reliable application of artificial intelligence in the field of intelligent driving has become a strategic priority for automobile manufacturers and industry suppliers. SGS attached great importance to this cooperation project and specially invited two international experts who participated in the drafting and formulation of the standard to serve as auditors. They worked closely with Jingwei Hirain’s functional safety and intelligent driving teams to ensure that the project achieved a mature level upon its first implementation, laying a solid foundation for the successful deployment of subsequent product projects.
Mr. Yu Wang, Assistant President of Hirain’s Automotive Electronics Business, stated:
AI technology has been widely applied in areas such as end-to-end large models, AI perception algorithms, intelligent cockpits, and intelligent chassis — which are precisely the current focus areas of Hirain. As a company that places great emphasis on product safety, Hirain has conducted long-term and in-depth research in the field of AI safety. Therefore, this certification holds great significance for the company and represents recognition of Hirain’s long-standing “safety first” philosophy. Looking ahead, Hirain will ensure product safety across multiple dimensions, including functional safety, expected functional safety, cybersecurity, and AI safety, steadily embracing the opportunities and challenges of the era of intelligent vehicles!
Hirain attaches great importance to the application and safety of AI technology. From the release of the initial draft of the ISO 8800 standard, the company immediately organized internal and external experts to interpret and explore its implementation and began building an AI development process system based on the standard. After the official release of ISO/PAS 8800 in December 2024, Hirain formally launched the certification process. During the project, Hirain worked closely with SGS to thoroughly review the gaps between its existing safety system and AI R&D system and the standard’s requirements. Together, they refined a multi-dimensional set of processes covering AI safety management, AI system safety development and verification/validation, safety analysis, data safety lifecycle, and operational safety assurance. Following comprehensive document reviews and interviews, it was ultimately confirmed that Hirain’s process system fully meets the requirements of ISO/PAS 8800.
ISO/PAS 8800 Automotive AI Safety Process Certificate Obtained by Hirain
Among millions of products, safety comes first.” Since its founding, Hirain has always prioritized the safety of end users, making “safety first” the guiding principle of its product researching and development. In the field of automotive electronic products, Hirain obtained ISO 26262 functional safety process certification in 2019, ISO 21448 safety of the intended functionality (SOTIF) process certification in 2023, and ISO 21434 cybersecurity process certification in 2024. By earning the ISO/PAS 8800 AI safety process certification, Hirain has demonstrated that it has built a comprehensive development and management system to protect vehicle safety—covering both traditional electronic/electrical systems and AI-powered functions. Whether it's addressing performance limitations and foreseeable misuse, or managing random hardware failures and systematic faults, Hirain is fully equipped to ensure safe and reliable vehicle operation.
Hirain collaborates with numerous domestic and international OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers to jointly develop products and share its many years of technical expertise and practical experience in product safety, with the goal of advancing China’s automotive industry together. Its partners include leading OEMs and Tier-1s across the industry. Hirain’s product offerings span a wide range of applications—from passenger to commercial vehicles, from automobiles to low-altitude aircraft, and from intelligent driving and cockpit systems to chassis, powertrain, body, and other traditional domains—achieving comprehensive coverage.
Jingwei Hirain Technologies Inc., founded in 2003, is committed to becoming a world-class electronic systems technology service company. Guided by the philosophy of “Value innovation and customer service”. Hirain focuses on the automotive and intelligent transportation sectors, providing global customers with automotive electronic products, engineering and R&D services and solutions, vehicle system integration and special-purpose vehicles, and intelligent transportation solutions.
Headquartered in Beijing, the company has a complete system spanning marketing, R&D, manufacturing, operations, and after-sales service. Hirain has established R&D and service centers in China, the United States, Germany, and Malaysia, along with four modern manufacturing plants in Tianjin, Nantong, Nanchang, and Malaysia, delivering high-quality and reliable electronic system technology services to customers around the world.
SGS is an internationally recognized testing, inspection, and certification organization, known as a benchmark for quality and integrity. The SGS Global Automotive Safety Technology Center provides one-stop solutions for OEMs and component suppliers, with core services covering functional safety for vehicles, automotive-grade chips and semiconductors, ASPICE, SOTIF, cybersecurity, as well as technical training, consulting, engineering services, and certification audits.
The global center is led by Martin Schmidt, one of the initiators and authors of ISO 26262. Today, SGS has over 80 automotive functional safety experts and has issued more than 800 ISO 26262 functional safety and cybersecurity certificates to customers worldwide.