Free for jobseekers and employers: post a job, find vetted engineers.Free for jobseekers and employers. See howSee how
Skip to content

Learning path · 5 courses

Automotive quality engineer

The quality system and the core tools a car parts supplier is asked for: ISO 9001, SPC and MSA, AIAG-VDA FMEA, APQP with the Control Plan and PPAP, and IATF 16949 internal auditing.

Bottling line with conveyors, tanks and control cabinets inside a beverage factory

In order

The courses

Take them in this order. Each one is free and stands on its own.

  1. ISO 9001:2026 Quality Management and Internal AuditingQuality management · Beginner · 15 hoursStart free
  2. SPC and MSA: Control Charts, Capability and Gauge R&RQuality management · Beginner · 16 hoursStart free
  3. Automotive Core Tools: FMEA (AIAG-VDA 1st Edition)Quality management · Intermediate · 6 hoursStart free
  4. APQP, Control Plan and PPAPQuality management · Beginner · 14 hoursStart free
  5. IATF 16949 Automotive QMS and Internal AuditingQuality management · Beginner · 14 hoursStart free

Practise as you learn

Watching is a start. Do it in the Lab, free.

The EDWartens Lab runs in your browser, with nothing to install. It is a practice environment, not the vendors' own software.

  • Build ladder, SFC and structured text programs
  • Go online and watch power flow through each rung
  • Force inputs and outputs and see the machine respond
Try the PLC programming lab freeHow the Lab works
PLC programmingProgram a PLC, see it run.

Then

Practise the job and find one

Questions

Automotive quality engineer: common questions

Is the Automotive quality engineer path free?
Yes. All 5 courses are free: every lesson, quiz and final exam costs nothing. A verifiable certificate for a course is optional, at £19 including VAT once you pass its final exam. It is a certificate of completion, not a regulated qualification.
How long does it take?
About 65 hours of video across 5 courses, plus quizzes. At five hours a week that is roughly 13 weeks, and you can start or stop any course whenever you like.
Do I need hardware or paid software?
No PLC hardware is needed. Each course page lists the software it uses; most run in free or trial versions, and many have practice in the browser-based EDWartens Lab.
What can it lead to?
Practise the job itself with the free Quality Engineer job simulation (the first five days are free, no card), then browse live UK Quality and projects jobs. Neither is a promise of a job.