C2G provides ongoing support to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA’s lead center for our Nations robotic exploration of the solar system. Our staff of scientists, engineers, information technology specialists and technical support personnel; provide services to JPL in Mechanical Engineering with expertise in structures, mechanical devices, hardware test, finite element modeling, stress, loads, dynamics analysis, structural test.
These services are provided across a wide spectrum of JPL projects including Mars 2020, Europa Clipper and DoD customers.
Research and Development Support
C2G provides ongoing support for the design and implementation of the signal processing systems for the Deep Space Network (DSN) breadboard array and assists in the debugging and testing of the Mark IV VLBI data acquisition and Block II Wideband VLBI Correlator systems. Our duties will include circuit design, schematic capture, printed circuit board layout, FPGA design, circuit test and debug, and hardware / software integration. We provide design and simulation support for real-time digital signal processing hardware and software systems. These include the large antenna arrays funded by NASA for the DSN. We assist in the debugging and testing of the Wideband VLBI Correlator in support of the Delta VLBI spacecraft navigation system.
Project Oversight and Production Support
Software Design and Development
C2G’s Development Programmers are responsible for implementing, and delivering key components of the Product Data Management System (PDMS) system.
Software Quality Assurance
C2G provides Software Quality Assurance support to flight, instrument, and/or ground data systems for Space Interferometry Mission (SIM), the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), and other assigned projects. We perform software quality assurance product and process evaluations, conduct risk assessments, and provide insight/oversight monitoring of contractors’ developing software for JPL. We provide analysis, recommendations and report on the status of the software development tasks to the project office. When appropriate we recommend problem & risk mitigation solutions to the project office. C2G software engineers assist in the research of new software technology and tools that may benefit JPL projects and NASA.
IT Security Engineering
C2G supports Institutional Computing and Information Services (ICIS) and provides IT Security Service Engineering. We conduct analysis of requirements and security documents, evaluating the documents for cost, risk and impact. We assist JPL in the development of IT Security Requirements (ITSR) that conform to NASA requirements. We perform software system engineering to: propose and design processes and software system changes necessary to incorporate the new IT security requirements.
Mission Operational Support
GPS Earth Observatory
C2G finalizes JPL software to incorporate high-resolution ECMWF analyses into the GPS occultation processing system. We generate GPS moisture profiles in the tropics using ECMWF temperatures as necessary, and compare these with moisture profiles generated directly by ECMWF. C2G performs statistical analysis of tropical water vapor profiles for future scientific publication.
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
C2G design engineers participate on design teams in a collaborative environment to design, develop, and test spacecraft flight hardware and support equipment for JPL spacecraft flight projects. They interface with engineers, designers, analysts, machine shop, and project staff to establish and negotiate requirements and interfaces for the hardware under development.
C2G’s mechanical designers work to design spacecraft vehicle, mechanical systems and instruments for flight projects. They generate, maintain, and archive 3D CAD models and detail drawings and support the responsible engineers during fabrication to ensure manufacturability.
STARDUST Program
Using detailed knowledge of the STARDUST spacecraft and instruments, in particular the camera and its calibration, C2G personnel reduce imaging data taken by STARDUST from P/Wild 2. After the data is reduced, it is calibrated and submitted to the Planetary Data System (PDS). When required, personnel are also available to explain the strengths and weaknesses of STARDUST imaging data to other comet mission scientists.
Voyager Program
C2G’s staff members provide technical expertise and leadership while serving in the roles of Voyager System Engineer, Mission Controller/RF System Engineer and Lead Systems Analyst/Mission Controller on the Voyager Spacecraft Team.
The Voyager System Engineer supports the Voyager Spacecraft Team as a multi-functional engineer, with focus on AACS activities, on spacecraft performance trending, analysis and prediction, and on automating spacecraft operations activities. Tasks also include; support of trade analyses for spacecraft reconfigurations for long-term operations, performance of sequence integration tasks and spacecraft mission control tasks.