1. Joseph Kliethermes
12658 Alswell Lane Cell: 314-791-7185
St. Louis, MO 63128 jkliether@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE
A position utilizing my experience in engineering, quality and program management and
computer skills gained through education and prior employment.
Summary: Thirty years of experience in Quality, Aerospace and Manufacturing
engineering. Former Program Manager and General Engineer at Naval Air Systems
Command including DSMC Advance Program Manager Course and Logistics
Engineering certification. ASQ Certified Quality Auditor. Experienced Quality Engineer
familiar with ISO-9000 and 9001 QMS Requirements, AS-9100 Aerospace
Requirements, AS-9102 First Article Inspection Requirements. As well as IPC J-STD-
001 and GEIA Electronics Soldering standards. Over ten years of experience working
with suppliers to address major milestone design and production readiness reviews,
quality concerns, nonconformance, Notices of Escape and Corrective and Preventive
Actions as well as continuous Improvement Projects. Developed Buy-to-Packages and
Statements of Work ensuring proper flow down of quality requirements to suppliers.
Quality engineering experiences includes metal and composite structures, avionics
electronics, and visual systems.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Hardware Quality Engineer
June 2005 - December 2016
The Boeing Company | St. Louis, MO
· Responsible for major designs and production readiness reviews, Buy to Packages,
Quality Plans and data deliverables, milestone reviews of quality requirements,
nonconformance reviews, corrective and preventive actions and metrics for assigned
systems. Also support production installation, checkout and selloff of assigned
systems.
· Assigned quality engineer on the following systems: F15 Radar, RF Systems, RF
Wiring, Electronic Warfare systems including electronics and antennas, electro optic
and infrared targeting systems, joint helmet mounted cueing system, armament control
computer, advanced navigation systems and advanced composite wideband Radom.
Quality Specialist / Engineer
January 2003 – June 2005
GKN Aerospace | St. Louis, MO
· Responsible for GKN Composite Shop Dept. 01 Quality including both internal and
supplier Nonconformance Documents, Trend and Defect Investigations, Customer
Escapes, Scrap, Corrective and Preventive Actions, Operator Verification, Audits,
Surveillances and Training.
· Perform First Article Verification Audits on Supplier and GKN-Built Parts to insure
conformity to required Contractual, Engineering Drawing and Process Specification

2. documents.
· Support Audits and Reviews required for GKN to achieve AS-9102 Quality System
Certification.
· Daily support of Management and Shop floor employing the GKN Quality Management
System.
Manufacturing Engineer
October 2002 - January 2003
Consultant - Hussman Corporation | St. Louis, MO
·Support the Development of the IR-Hussmann Retail Solutions Aftermarket Parts
Program.
·Coordinate with IR-ThermoKing to establish Aftermarket Parts Program Procedures
and requirements.
·Develop and populate Data Spreadsheet for Hussmann Spare and Repair Aftermarket
Parts using Catalogue and Web searches and IR Databases.
Engineer
March 2000 - October 2002
Lion Machinery, Inc. | 1375 Jefferson Street
· Develop and design machinery used to form sheetmetal ductwork using 3-D drawing
software (Delta-Cad)and IBM PC. Machinery includes pneumatic cleatfolders, hydraulic
press brakes and manual cheekbenders.
· Applied Process Re-engineering and continual product and process improvement
techniques to increase quality, reduce cost, and reduce production times.
· Ability to apply Statistical Process Control (SPC) to manufacturing problems in the
shop.
· Electrical and Hydraulic systems assembly and test & check.
Variability Reduction Engineer
January 1998 - March 2000
Boeing | St. Louis, MO
· Develop, plan, schedule, implement and maintain Variability Reduction and Statistical
Process Control projects on the F/A-18E/F Wing manufacturing floor including: Control
Plans, Data Collection Forms, Process Flow Charts, Cause & Effect Diagrams, Visual
Aids, Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility Studies, Control Charts, Defect Maps and
Training Materials.
· Performed defect data Collective Analysis using SQL to query the database and
create reports.
· Implemented Operator Verification programs for product acceptance.
· Served as Sub-Team Leader on the Outer Wing Moving Line Accelerated
Improvement Workshop to implement LEAN Manufacturing techniques.
· Participated on multiple Cross Functional and Brain Storming Teams to identify Cost
Reduction Initiatives to reduce manufacturing Costs and Cycle Time while improving
Quality.
· Serve as Team Leader on the Outer Wing Front Spar Hardware Variability Control

3. Team and coordinated with Design Teams on Key Characteristics identification and
manufacturing improvement initiatives.
Senior Analyst
January 1997 - January 1998
Decisions and Advanced Technology Associates, INC. | St. Charles, MO
· Performed strategic planning, scheduling, analysis of requirements, cost estimating
and program management support at U.S. Army Aviation and Transportation Systems
Command-St. Louis using MS Office, Power Point, Access, Excel, Project and Word
and Visual Basic.
· Collect and analyze data to identify root causes of supportability issues on army
aviation maintenance reports using SQL to query the database and create reports.
General Engineer, GS-340-13; GS-801-13
February 1987 - January 1997
Naval Air Systems Command | Crystal City, VA
· Responsible for the total design, development, operation and support of aircraft
training systems.
· Worked directly with flight simulators, incorporating terrain data, visual data and target
data using computer generated imagery. These were large scale integrated systems.
· Developed and defended budgets, developed specifications, Statements of Work and
analyzed contractor’s proposals for various projects using Gantt Charts, PERT Charts
and MS Project software.
· Managed the installation, testing, quality review and final acceptance of these
systems.
· Served as an Auditor on several major programs where I was responsible for certifying
the adequacy of the programs supportablity plans including quality management plans.
· Systems are both low and high technology, multi-million dollar systems incorporating
leading edge mechanical, electrical, aerospace and computer technologies.
· Supervise and direct the work of training systems specialists.
-Aerospace Engineer
· Supported various logistic support offices including Maintenance Planning and Policy
Office and others.
· Responsible for life cycle support requirements for electronic support equipment.
EDUCATION
· B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Parks College of St. Louis University 1985
· ASQ Certified Quality Auditor
· Program Managers Course (560 hours), Defense Systems Management College, Ft.
Belvoir, VA
· Aviation Maintenance Officer School, NAS Pensacola FL - 360 hours