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Diploma in Product KPIs, Pricing and A/B Testing at ADAS

Online postgraduate diploma of 800 hours in product KPIs, pricing and A/B testing in ADAS. 8 modules covering ADAS product metrics, fleet instrumentation, product analytics, feature pricing, experiment design and analysis, and data governance, with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (Data Act) and UN R156, with an assigned technical tutor.

Duration6–8 months
ModeOnline
LanguageEnglish
Start datesSet by the faculty
AwardSEIUM Institute diploma

Diploma in Product KPIs, Pricing and A/B Testing at ADAS — studying from Canada

Canada hosts growing activity in autonomous driving and advanced driver assistance, with research centres and companies in Ontario, Québec and British Columbia. Toronto and Waterloo have significant artificial intelligence and robotics ecosystems, and the Vector Institute and university labs contribute to perception and control research. Automakers and suppliers are developing software-defined vehicle architectures, requiring expertise in embedded software, sensor fusion and cybersecurity. Regulation is coordinated through provincial authorities and federal guidance from Transport Canada.

Fees for Canada: C$2,330 (Canadian dollar), with instalments and employer sponsorship available.

Relevant bodies in Canada

  • Transport Canada
  • Society of Automotive Engineers Canada (SAE Canada)
  • Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group)
  • Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA)

Typical roles

  • ADAS Software Engineer
  • Autonomous Systems Engineer
  • Sensor Fusion Engineer
  • Vehicle Software Architect

Questions from Canada

Does this qualification count toward a professional engineering licence in Canada?

No, not on its own. In Canada, the Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) licence is issued by provincial associations such as Professional Engineers Ontario, which require accredited education and experience. SEIUM's qualifications are private and not accredited by any national body, so they are not recognised as state degrees. Employers or relevant bodies decide whether they value the training, so confirm this in advance.

Are there Canadian employers hiring for autonomous and software-defined vehicle skills?

Canada has active work in autonomous systems, advanced driver assistance and vehicle software, with activity in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. Employers generally assess candidates on technical ability, project evidence and experience. A SEIUM final project can showcase your skills, but how a private qualification is regarded depends entirely on the employer, so ask prospective employers what they expect.

Can I manage this training with a job, and do I need English proficiency?

Yes, the courses are 100% online, so you can study from home, and no student visa is needed to study from outside your country. Specialist courses take 300 hours, postgraduate diplomas 800 and master's programmes 1,900. Instruction is in English, so you should be comfortable reading and writing technical English. Instalment payments and employer sponsorship may ease costs.

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Learning outcomes

What you will be able to do

01

Define a product metric tree with safety counter-metrics.

02

Design event instrumentation for a connected ADAS function.

03

Analyse cohorts, funnels and subscriber retention.

04

Apply pricing research methods to feature bundles.

05

Design A/B experiments with adequate statistical power.

06

Analyse experiments with frequentist and Bayesian techniques.

07

Make launch decisions that respect ethics and the GDPR.

Profile

Who it's for

  • ADAS product analysts tracking feature adoption and usage.
  • Automotive product data scientists running experiments.
  • Digital pricing managers setting subscription and bundle prices.
  • Data-driven product managers working on connected features.
  • Experimentation specialists moving into the automotive sector.
  • Connected fleet analysts working with telemetry data.
  • Engineering or science graduates looking to enter vehicle manufacturing.
Standards & tools

What you'll work with

  • Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation)
  • Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (Data Act, access to connected product data)
  • UN R156 (software update management system)
  • ISO 26262 (road vehicle functional safety)
  • ISO 21448 (safety of the intended functionality, SOTIF)
  • UN R155 (vehicle cybersecurity management system)
  • ISO/IEC 27001 (information security management)
  • Python (pandas, statsmodels)
  • SQL (BigQuery)
  • Amplitude
  • Optimizely
  • Tableau
Syllabus

8 modules

  1. 1.1Metric trees and the North Star Metric
  2. 1.2Activation rate and effective use of the function
  3. 1.3Time in use within the ODD versus available time
  4. 1.4Voluntary and involuntary disengagements
  5. 1.5Driver satisfaction and trust
  6. 1.6Subscriber retention metrics
  7. 1.7Non-negotiable safety counter-metrics
  8. 1.8In-vehicle event instrumentation
  9. 1.9Perceived quality metrics for the function
  10. 1.10Case study: metric tree for a motorway assistant
  1. 2.1Onboard telemetry and event sampling
  2. 2.2Event schemas and versioning
  3. 2.3Cloud ingestion and fleet data lakes
  4. 2.4Data quality and deduplication
  5. 2.5Privacy and data minimisation
  6. 2.6Attributing usage to software version
  7. 2.7Vehicle identification and cohorts
  8. 2.8Connectivity costs and data prioritisation
  9. 2.9Reproducible metrics pipeline
  10. 2.10Laboratory: event schema for a parking function
  1. 3.1Cohort analysis and retention curves
  2. 3.2Activation and conversion funnels
  3. 3.3Segmentation by market, model and version
  4. 3.4Survival analysis of subscriptions
  5. 3.5Anomaly detection in daily metrics
  6. 3.6Tracking dashboards with SQL
  7. 3.7Root cause analysis of usage drops
  8. 3.8From data to roadmap decisions
  9. 3.9Usage by traffic and weather conditions
  10. 3.10Practical exercise: cohort analysis with synthetic fleet data
  1. 4.1Willingness to pay and Van Westendorp studies
  2. 4.2Conjoint analysis for feature bundles
  3. 4.3Pricing by market and purchasing power parity
  4. 4.4Subscription price versus one-off payment
  5. 4.5Discounts, free trials and anchoring
  6. 4.6Price elasticity of demand
  7. 4.7Cannibalisation between bundles
  8. 4.8Perceived price fairness
  9. 4.9Seasonal promotions and dynamic pricing
  10. 4.10Workshop: Van Westendorp study for an ADAS bundle
  1. 5.1Hypothesis, primary metric and guardrails
  2. 5.2Randomisation unit: vehicle, account or driver
  3. 5.3Sample size and statistical power
  4. 5.4Experiments with small fleets and network effects
  5. 5.5Staggered tests by region and version
  6. 5.6Safety and type-approval constraints on experimentation
  7. 5.7Price experiments and ethical considerations
  8. 5.8Pre-registration of the analysis plan
  9. 5.9Interleaving and multi-armed bandits
  10. 5.10Practical exercise: sample size calculation for a price test
  1. 6.1t-tests, chi-squared and Mann-Whitney tests
  2. 6.2Variance reduction with CUPED
  3. 6.3Multiple comparisons and Holm correction
  4. 6.4Bayesian approach and probability of superiority
  5. 6.5Heterogeneous effects by segment
  6. 6.6Sample ratio mismatch and implementation errors
  7. 6.7Novelty effects and stabilisation
  8. 6.8Causal inference without randomisation
  9. 6.9Bootstrap intervals for ratio metrics
  10. 6.10Laboratory: analysing an A/B test in Python
  1. 7.1Experimentation platforms and feature flags
  2. 7.2Decision committee and launch criteria
  3. 7.3Documenting learnings
  4. 7.4GDPR compliance in experimentation
  5. 7.5Consent and transparency with the driver
  6. 7.6Ethics of experimenting with assistance functions
  7. 7.7Communicating results to management
  8. 7.8Data-driven product culture
  9. 7.9Experiment catalogue and meta-analysis
  10. 7.10Case study: launch decision with ambiguous results
  1. 8.1Selecting the function and the hypothesis
  2. 8.2Metric tree and guardrails
  3. 8.3Instrumentation schema
  4. 8.4Pricing strategy to be tested
  5. 8.5Experimental design and sample size
  6. 8.6Statistical analysis on simulated data
  7. 8.7Decision recommendation
  8. 8.8Staggered rollout plan after the test
  9. 8.9Report and presentation
  10. 8.10Final project: final review with the tutor
Methodology, software & labs

How you'll learn

The programme is delivered 100% online on the SEIUM campus, with downloadable material, recorded classes and an assigned technical tutor. There are no fixed timetables: you progress at your own pace within each intake, so it fits around your job.

Each module combines theory, guided reading of the original standard and applied exercises. You work with Python (pandas, statsmodels), SQL (BigQuery), Amplitude, Optimizely and Tableau, in free, academic or evaluation versions. Testing is studied through real procedures: designing an A/B experiment on a connected fleet, a willingness-to-pay study for an ADAS bundle, and cohort-based subscriber retention analysis. Assessment is continuous by module, plus the final project.

Standards covered: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (Data Act), UN R156 (software updates), ISO 26262, ISO 21448 (SOTIF), UN R155 (cybersecurity), ISO/IEC 27001.

Assigned technical tutor:every module ends with a deliverable that your tutor marks individually.
Standards-based learning:guided reading of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (Data Act) and UN R156 applied to real cases, not as a theoretical annex.
Industry software:Python (pandas, statsmodels), SQL (BigQuery), Amplitude, Optimizely and Tableau, in free, academic or evaluation versions.
Final project:A complete experimentation plan for an ADAS feature, from metric tree and instrumentation to pricing test, statistical analysis and launch decision, reviewed by your tutor.
Flexible format:100% online, no fixed timetables, compatible with full-time work.
Capstone project

Build it end to end

Your final project follows the real engineering workflow, step by step, reviewed by your tutor.

Hypothesis and metric tree
Select the function, state the hypothesis and build the metric tree with guardrails.
Instrumentation and pricing
Design the event instrumentation and the pricing strategy to be tested.
Experimental design
Define the experimental design, randomisation unit and sample size.
Statistical analysis
Analyse the experiment on simulated data and draw a decision recommendation.
Final project
Present the recommendation with a staggered rollout plan.
Career opportunities

Where this takes you

ADAS product analystAutomotive product data scientistDigital pricing managerData-driven product managerExperimentation specialistConnected fleet analyst
Admissions & scholarships

Requirements

  • Prior technical training or professional experience in the sector. A university degree is not required.
  • An internet connection and a computer capable of running the programme software.
  • English sufficient to read technical standards.

Ready to start?

Send your application today. Our admissions team replies within 72 hours with your study plan and funding options.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The programme totals 800 hours over 6–8 months. You set your own pace within each intake, and your tutor helps you plan the workload around your job.

You work with Python (pandas, statsmodels), SQL (BigQuery), Amplitude, Optimizely and Tableau, using free, academic or evaluation versions. Your tutor indicates the free alternative wherever one exists.

A SEIUM Institute diploma, awarded on passing the continuous assessment and the final project. It is SEIUM's own qualification, not an official state degree; its recognition depends on the programme completed and the regulations of each country.

Yes. Modules passed are recognised in a higher programme in the same area (postgraduate diploma or master's). Ask about the recognition policy when you enrol.

Prior technical training or professional experience in the sector (no university degree required), a computer able to run the software and English sufficient to read technical standards.

Start dates are set by SEIUM's faculty for each intake. Our admissions team will confirm the next available date when you apply.

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