JPL is the premier NASA center for the robotic exploration of the solar system. Recent successes have included the Mars Rovers, the Cassini spacecraft at Saturn and the Spitzer Space Telescope.

On the TSEP Contract, Columbus professionals address a wide range of technical and professional challenges for a variety of missions, projects and organizations at JPL including developing, testing, maintaining, and operating numerous systems, networks, and software programs. Columbus' primary focus is on mission-critical systems including the engineering and implementation of both software and hardware components.

Columbus supports the full lifecycle of flight, ground, and science software and hardware, including requirements analysis, verification, traceability, design, production, implementation, supporting services, and maintenance of systems and subsystems for dozens of mission critical projects, such as Mars Exploration Rovers, Deep Space Network (DSN) subsystems and test beds, satellite instrument science data processing, and 3D visualization software. 

Columbus has received over 130 awards and commendations for outstanding performance at JPL.

Examples of our support at JPL:

Software Systems Engineering 
Columbus performed end-to-end systems engineering for multiple projects, including functional requirements analysis, concept development, and system requirements definition for Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and Advanced Microwave Sounder (AMSU) instrument data trending system.  Other tasks included problem analysis, solution development, and requirements definition for DSN Telemetry Controller stabilization. 

System and Network Administration
Columbus provided system and network administration, computing facilities reorganization, disaster recovery plans, testbed development and maintenance, IT security, web development, training, quality assurance, configuration management (CM), and other support services for numerous projects in compliance with JPL and NASA processes.

Science Systems
Columbus provided program and product specification, design, development, test, and maintenance to support science missions. Specific tasks included calibration, modeling, consultation, analysis, software development, instrument design, mapping measurement planning, science tool development, research, and experiments for Cassini, Mars projects, Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS), MISR, M3, Outer Planets, and Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer.