TitleQuality Engineer - Audit Management & Customer- Requirements Specialist

Maintains an audit-ready Quality Management System by planning, coordinating and tracking internal, customer, supplier, certification and special audits. This position manages audit findings and customer-specific requirements, coordinates BMW requalification audit activities and verifies that process owners maintain required evidence. The role audits technical systems but does not replace the assigned document owner.

• Develop and maintain the annual audit schedule for ISO 9001/IATF 16949 system audits, internal process and product audits, EASE layered audits, customer audits, supplier/sub-supplier audits and special assessments.
• Plan audit scope, assignments, timing, evidence requirements and reporting; coordinate affected departments and maintain audit readiness.
• Lead or support customer and certification audits, supplier audits (minimum three annually), BMW requalification audits and applicable special assessments.
• Maintain auditor qualification and independence requirements and provide EASE/audit training support.

• Record and track nonconformities, opportunities, hints and corrective actions from identification through root cause, implementation, verification and closure.
• Escalate overdue actions, repeat findings, weak root‑cause responses, missing evidence and unresolved audit risks.
• Verify corrective‑action effectiveness and use audit trends to identify repeat issues, high‑risk locations and improvement priorities.

• Maintain current customer‑specific requirements and communicate applicable changes to affected departments and process owners.
• Verify customer requirements are reflected in procedures, training, PFMEAs, Control Plans, inspection plans, gage/MSA controls, PPAP records and other assigned QMS documentation.
• Coordinate BMW requalification audit preparation, evidence collection, finding management and completion in applicable BMW systems.
• Support BMW/customer portal requirements, process‑series evidence, IPQ, RSCI, RG5 and other customer qualification activities as applicable.

• Plan or support supplier process/product audits, potential analyses and follow‑up of supplier audit actions.
• Support ISO 14001, ISO 45001, TISAX/VDA ISA, emergency process assessments, responsible supply‑chain and applicable CQI special‑process assessments.
• Support APQP gate, launch‑readiness, safe‑launch, controlled‑shipping, PFMEA/Control Plan alignment, special‑characteristic, MSA/gage and PPAP package audits.

• Report audit completion, open and overdue findings, repeat findings, customer‑requirement status, certification risk and required support to Quality Management.
• Ensure process owners understand audit expectations, required evidence, KPIs, risks and due dates.

• Request audit evidence and access to applicable processes, records and responsible personnel.
• Assign and track audit actions and due dates within approved audit plans.
• Reject incomplete corrective‑action responses or closure evidence and require additional verification.
• Escalate overdue findings, repeat nonconformances and customer/certification risks to management.
• Stop or report noncompliant audit practices and recommend additional containment, assessment or management review.

• Annual audit schedule completed on time.
• Number of open and overdue findings and on‑time corrective‑action closure rate.
• Repeat finding rate and corrective‑action effectiveness.
• BMW requalification and customer‑specific requirement reviews completed on time.
• Supplier audit completion and follow‑up status.
• Auditor qualification/training completion and external audit readiness.
• Certification status and audit KPI reporting accuracy.

• Annual audit schedule, plans, assignments, reports, findings and closure evidence.
• Internal system, process, product, EASE and supplier audit records.
• External/customer audit reports, BMW requalification records and portal evidence.
• Customer‑specific requirement reviews and applicable CQI, TISAX/VDA ISA, RSCI or RG5…