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MARCH 2026

jpl.nasa.gov Engineering AI Productivity Report

A focused summary of AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for the jpl.nasa.gov engineering team.

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The jpl.nasa.gov engineering team reports 87.0% AI adoption, 1.42× productivity lift, and 21.0% code quality across recent work.

These metrics track how AI integrates into delivery pipelines, how throughput changes when assistance is used, and the health of AI-supported code review outcomes.

What this report measures

We analyze commits and diffs to estimate AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for your engineering organization.

How to interpret these metrics

Use these signals to understand how AI assistance fits into day-to-day development, where enablement efforts drive throughput, and how review practices keep quality steady.

AI Adoption Rate

HIGH

87.0%

AI assistance is present in 87.0% of recent commits for jpl.nasa.gov.

AI Productivity Lift

HIGH

1.42×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 42% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

21.0%

Review insights show 21.0% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the jpl.nasa.gov team performing with AI?

The jpl.nasa.gov engineering team reports 87.0% AI adoption, translating into 1.42× productivity lift while sustaining 21.0% code quality. These outcomes suggest AI-supported reviews are embedded in day-to-day delivery without trading off reliability.

Manager Questions Answered

Real questions engineering leaders ask about AI productivity, with live benchmarks and company-specific data.

What's a good company AI adoption rate?

jpl.nasa.gov is at 87.0%. This is 43.2pp above the community median (43.8%)..

87.0%

Roughly in line43.8% Community Median

Spot squads sitting below the median and pair them with high-adoption champions to share workflows.

Does AI actually make developers faster?

jpl.nasa.gov operates at 1.42×. This is 0.29× above the community median (1.13×)..

1.42×

↑0.29× above1.13× Community Median

Double down on automation around QA and release prep to compound the gains already in flight.

How does AI affect code quality?

jpl.nasa.gov holds AI-assisted quality at 21.0%. This is 2.3pp below the community median (23.3%)..

21.0%

Roughly in line23.3% Community Median

Invest in AI-specific test checklists and shadow reviews to keep quality slightly ahead of peers.

How evenly is AI use distributed across our team?

47.2% of AI commits come from the most active contributors.

47.2%

Pair top AI practitioners with adjacent squads and capture their prompts/playbooks for reuse.

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

jpl.nasa.gov has a solid ROI signal with room to strengthen either adoption, lift, or quality before presenting to executives.

Document case studies where AI accelerates delivery while maintaining quality, and expand playbooks across teams.

See how your full organization compares

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How Your Company Ranks

See how top engineering organizations compare across AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality.

AI Adoption

% of commits with AI assistance

Companies in this quartile:

QU

quantstack.net

(87.6%)

ST

student.su

(87.6%)

DG

dglover.co

(21.5%)

MO

monade.li

(21.5%)

Top 25% of teams adopt AI in 65-75% of their commits.

Productivity Lift

Cycle-time improvement vs baseline

Companies in this quartile:

KO

konghq.com

(6.64×)

IN

inngest.com

(4.82×)

AC

acad.pucrs.br

(1.12×)

MC

mcornholio.ru

(1.12×)

Top performers sustain 1.5× cycle-time improvements over six months when embedding AI into workflows.

Code Quality

Post-merge defect rate

Companies in this quartile:

KO

konghq.com

(795.0%)

IN

inngest.com

(701.7%)

GZ

gzgz.dev

(20.0%)

GW

gwu.edu

(20.0%)

Top 25% maintain quality above 92% while expanding AI usage, pairing automation with rigorous guardrails.

Rankings based on aggregated Exceeds AI dataset of 1.2M commits across open-source and enterprise engineering teams (Q4 2025).

Top contributors

Top contributors combine high AI adoption and quality output. Encourage internal sharing of best practices.

HA

hargitay

Commits9
AI Usage24.0%
Productivity Lift2.00x
Code Quality20.0%
BD

bduran

Commits19
AI Usage92.7%
Productivity Lift1.98x
Code Quality20.0%
JH

jhaug

Commits85
AI Usage89.1%
Productivity Lift1.96x
Code Quality20.0%
TK

Theresa Kamerman

Commits92
AI Usage89.8%
Productivity Lift1.81x
Code Quality20.0%
JW

James Wood

Commits15
AI Usage96.0%
Productivity Lift1.49x
Code Quality80.0%

Encourage knowledge transfer from top AI users to others through internal mentoring or recorded "AI coding walkthroughs." Balanced adoption across the team typically improves overall performance by 12-15%.

Cross-Organization Network

Shared Repositories

15

jamesfwood

podaac/l2ss-py-autotest

joshhaug

NASA-AMMOS/aerie

NASA-AMMOS/aerie-ui

goetzrrGit

NASA-AMMOS/aerie

scottstanie

OSGeo/gdal

hongandyan

MITgcm-contrib/ecco_darwin

larour

ISSMteam/ISSM

Activity

2,051 Commits

Your Network

38 People
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Member
cartermak
Member
jackiryan
Member
jamesfwood
Member
mcduffie
Member
Joseph.C.Joswig@jpl.nasa.gov
Member
jdrodjpl
Member
Kevin.M.Grimes@jpl.nasa.gov
Member
Sergi.Hildebrandt.Rafels@jpl.nasa.gov
Member

Why these metrics matter for engineering managers

Faster delivery

1.4x lift → predictable roadmaps

Safer velocity

93% quality → lower rollback risk

Equitable gains

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