jpl_rfi_questions_via_spreadsheet_02-12-18.xlsx

Supplier Information Answer questions based on whether your Company plans to be PRIME under this effort or a PARTNER to a Prime under this effort.

If your Company plans to be a PARTNER under this effort and know who your PRIME is going to be, please specify Company information, otherwise state "TBD" or "N/A"

RFP No.: LVM-18-2661-4976

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Statement of Capabilities

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Exhibit 1

(Provide # per Level) Data System Architect Define the architecture (centralized, Big Data, Cloud) of an information system (i.e., a system composed of software and hardware) based on well-defined requirements. Identify components, the component interactions, interfaces (including with the environment and user),technologies, and resources to be used in the design. Develop models/prototypes; perform trade-studies, cost analysis. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Network Engineering Plans, designs, develops, and implements network engineering plans and wide-scale networks for customers. Provides technical support in all customer interaction situations, including receipt of specifications, design, test, and response to service requests. Performs network systems engineering including performance analysis, maintainability analysis, capacity analysis, and reliability analysis. Establishes contingency plans and anomaly resolution plans for complex computer networks. Debugs and tests networks, plans projects, and performs needs assessments. Design, implement, procure, and maintain all required communications HW and SW. Equipment includes workstations and servers switches, routers, ports, voice nets, and other items needed by the project. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Cyber Defense Engineer Research and develop new capabilities in computer science, software, hardware, tools, and techniques that enhance the defense and resilience of current and future cyber and cyber-physical systems. Creation of modeling techniques, visualization, algorithm development, test, recovery strategies, anomaly identification and diagnosis, and remediation for cyber and cyber-physical systems. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # IT Security Analyst Apply knowledge of cyber security threats, technologies, and countermeasures in support of SW and computer systems; design and implement security & monitoring solutions. Perform trade-studies, analysis, and provide documented recommendations to project. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Data Management & Archive Define how data will be stored, consumed, integrated and managed. Identify requirements and design/develop/test/maintain the data management schema & storage needs for large data sets. Establish processes related to data volume management, access controls, data evolution (i.e., acquisition & obsolescence), and archival. Includes development of the Science Data Management & Archive Plan; development of data product specifications; review of data products; assistance with the validation of produced data products. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Technical Writing and Editing Plan, organize, research, write, edit, format and produce communication products for scientific and technical audiences through internal and external documents and Web sites, including proposals, reports, hardware and software documentation, and conference papers. Conduct quality review of technical materials. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Mission and Flight System Planning Support routine science mission planning for selected missions and experiments. This involves interacting with science teams to understand data acquisition plans, processing routine data acquisition requests, performing conflict resolution, tracking data request status, determining scientifically optimal times for routine housekeeping and calibration activities, developing long- and short-term data acquisition plans, and generating routine reports indicating progress versus plans. For the flight system: develop, document, and maintain team operating plans and procedures; support development of MOS Contingency Plans and Procedures; develop the sequence of commands to control spacecraft and instrument activities; and support flight and ground integration and test. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Mission Operations Prepares for and conducts mission operations. Develops operational procedures. Plans mission, spacecraft, science and instrument activities to meet customer requirements. Produces conflict-free, constraint checked sequences of commands. Monitors, controls, and analyzes spacecraft and instrument health and performance. Processes, manages, and transfers data to the users. Negotiates Deep Space Network (DSN) tracking resources. Conducts training. Develops contingency plans. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Ground Data System Operations Operates and trouble-shoots data systems used for processing, displaying, and managing project data. This includes operating data systems and monitoring/assessing information generated from information systems; trouble-shoot/develop response to anomalies/errors, and document/report findings. Assist SW developers in defining requirements and testing of information data systems. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # End-User Support Operations Provide support for interactions with the user community such as data distribution, validating user authorization and establishing user accounts; assisting users in accessing data or answering questions, providing status on availability of specific data products; communicating user concerns to system developers, operators, and managers; assisting users with on-line operations procedures. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Flight System Systems Engineering Develop flight system (spacecraft avionics/payload) requirements; develop, document, and maintain processes and interfaces; support development of mission documents; support development of the Flight Operations Plan; support development of Operations Contingency Plans and Procedures; support development of flight system sequences. Conduct trade studies, perform analyses, and participate in reviews. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Mission Operations Systems Engineering Definition, documentation and allocation of system requirements, architecture, design, and V&V requirements; submit, track and work change requests; contribute to the project flight/ground trades; participate in reviews, Operations Readiness Tests and Training; adherence to JPL Systems Engineering practices, reviews, and milestones; specialty engineering may be identified; Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Validation & Verification Systems Engineering Development of verification and validation plan; verification of requirements; verification of interfaces; preparation, coordination, and conduct of validation tests to demonstrate the capability and readiness of the MOS/flight system; document V&V results; participation in project V&V tests. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # SW Systems Engineer Coordinate system development tasks such as requirements definition, design, development, integration, and formal testing. Establish SW configuration management practices and process for evaluating/prioritizing bug fixes/new capabilities. Oversee all transitions into production, e.g. design reviews, and test-readiness and deployment reviews. Prepare documentation describing the requirements, design, test, and release descriptions. Conduct trade studies, and perform analyses and assessments. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # SW Application Developer Identify requirements and design/develop/test/maintain SW for data systems, e.g. distributed/local data processing (cloud, cluster, server), data mining & analysis, telemetry processing, data accountability, data processing applications/pipelines. Document requirements/design/test procedures. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Embedded/Flight SW Engineering Identify requirements and design/develop/test/maintain mission critical software for embedded real-time systems applications to control highly complex or specialized operations. Applications include software for spacecraft flight subsystems (command and data handling, attitude control, telecommunications, robotics, control systems or other functions); high level system behaviors (mode management, fault protection); flight instrument mission payloads on spacecraft, aircraft, balloons, or other delivery vehicles; and Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) for spacecraft simulation and test environment. Analyze and enhance efficiency, stability and scalability of system resources. Support software QA and optimize I/O performance. Interface with hardware design and development. Document requirements/design/test procedures. Trouble-shoot and perform analyses/trade-studies. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Scientific Algorithm Developer Apply science background and math skills to design, develop, and/or modify scientific applications for highly complex or specialized operations within science data and mission software systems including instruments and sensors. Utilizes extensive scientific expertise to understand the needs of the customer, translate needs into requirements, develop prototype applications. Document requirements/design/test procedures. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Data Science Creates analytic solutions for deriving knowledge and insights and action plans from multiple, disparate data sources through the use of data-driven statistical, algorithmic, data mining, search, data fusion, machine learning, information retrieval, information modeling, visualization, artificial intelligence, constraint-based reasoning, and related techniques and methods. Creates complex data system, information architectures, and tools for managing varied datasets, specialized databases and processing environments that control the end-to-end data lifecycle needs of the organization (data acquisition, preparation, processing, fusion, archive and access). Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Visualization and User Interface Software Engineering/Operations Builds, designs, develops, tests, and maintains innovative and interoperable software tools for visual business intelligence, animation, and 3D; systems and services for researchers, technologists, and applied scientists to interact with science data and to facilitate the development of novel interdisciplinary applications that enable humans to be more effective when controlling complex systems. Researches, develops and infuses technologies for visualization and simulation of instrument and physical environments including next generation natural user interfaces. Develops graphical user interfaces and scientific visualization components for desktop, web and mobile platforms that integrate with the systems developed by other groups. Document requirements/design/test procedures. Provide high-quality, rapid-production, special data visualization products for use in press conferences, science publications, and public release. This Includes maps, mosaics and digital terrain models. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Configuration Management Implements and supports all hardware, software, and operations configuration management processes, which may include change management, waiver support, code control, software baseline management, document and drawing promotion and release, change control board administration and test, delivery, and operations review support. Coordinate all Configuration Management (CM) activities with stakeholders and approve delivered CM plans. Coordinate requirements/schedule for software installation, install and configure SW on targeted compute platforms, e.g. servers, virtual servers, cloud. Conduct checkout. Assist in trouble-shooting errors. Document and maintain installations. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Database Developer/Administrator Responsible for designing, configuring, and implementing databases as well as establishing standards and guidelines relating to database management. Plans, designs/develops and manages database systems as required for software development and package implementations. Formulates and monitors standards for database integrity and recovery. Develops and monitors procedures for data and database security access control. Supports, maintains, monitors and tunes performance of database systems. Document requirements/design/test procedures. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # HW/SW Quality Assurance Plans and executes a systematic set of activities to ensure that hardware/software lifecycle processes and products conform to applicable requirements, standards, and procedures. Ensures that planned and implemented process and product standards conform to applicable requirements, and are appropriate for the risk posture of the project. Ensures that planned corrective actions meet acceptable reliability standards. Ensures that safety-critical hardware/software is identified and tracked, and that risks are mitigated to ensure safe operation. Participates in monitoring and tracking the status of hardware during procurement, manufacturing, assembly, integration & test, and through launch; interfaces with vendors, suppliers to ensure conformance to quality requirements. Apply knowledge of hardware/software best practices and standards; evaluate and provide documented recommendations for achieving quality HW/SW. Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Systems Integration and Test Synthesizes customer needs and requirements into system test solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Includes build management, test procedure development, and Subsystem and System level testing, and verification of requirements. Document test results and generate Release Description Document (RDD). Plan and coordinate equipment and facilities logistics in support of assembly, test and launch operations. Assembles, integrates, tests, validates and delivers/deploys systems. Conducts functional testing, performance testing, environmental testing, and transportation/logistics. Architects, implements, operates and maintains system test bed(s). Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = # Senior Level =# Mid Level = # Entry Level = #

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