Archimedes Systems Group
“Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.”
— Archimedes
Engineering, quality and government contracting. One engineer, in Texas, with the machines to match.
What do you need?
We make high-consequence engineering work run: the quality, the paperwork, and the software behind it. Type what you need.
Four things this firm does
Buildthe systems the work runs onHow it runs5 steps · 2 decisions
- A quality program your team can maintain
- Procedures written against how the work actually runs
- Tools and integrations you own outright
- A handover, not a hostage situation
- Quality programsBuild a nuclear-grade quality program from nothing, or fix the one that failed.
- Management systemsProcedures, corrective actions, and document control that people will actually follow.
- Manufacturing readinessWork instructions, process controls, and the boring rigor that makes builds repeatable.
- Systems integrationMake the systems you already paid for talk to each other.
- Internal toolsThe small custom app your team keeps asking for and no vendor sells.
- NQA-1 programs
- 10 CFR 50 Appendix B
- ISO 9001-aligned QMS
- Source you own
- No vendor lock
Provethat it holds up to a reviewerHow it runs5 steps · 2 decisions
- A written report, ranked by what would actually stop a shipment
- A gap list with a fix order
- Compliance evidence a reviewer can quote
- A straight answer on whether you are ready
- Supplier auditsGet ready for the audit, or run the audit on someone else.
- CMMC readiness paperworkSystem security plan, control map, and POA&M for a defense buyer — written once, yours to maintain. Not a certification we hold.
- AssessmentsA defined look at one problem, with a written answer at the end.
- Written to CMMC Level 2
- NIST SP 800-171
- WCAG 2.1 AA
- Section 508
- First-article and source inspection
Automatethe reading, the drafting, the recordsHow it runs5 steps · 2 decisions
- A process that runs itself and keeps a record
- Bots that read the portals so nobody has to
- A model that drafts, and a human gate where judgement belongs
- A trail of who decided what
- Workflow automationThe spreadsheet-and-email process that eats a day a week, turned into something that runs itself.
- Data pipelinesPipelines and reporting where you can trace every number back to where it came from.
- AI-assisted draftingPut AI on the repetitive reading and drafting, with a human signing the result.
- Audit trail by default
- Human sign-off on every output
- Your existing stack
- Source you own
Winthe contract that needs all of thisHow it runs5 steps · 2 decisions
- Registrations that are active when the bid drops
- A bid or no-bid call with reasons
- A response written in the order it is scored
- A package that submits cleanly, a day early
- RegistrationsGet registered, stay registered, and stop losing bids to expired paperwork.
- ProposalsRead the solicitation, decide honestly whether to bid, and write the response.
- Research grantsMatch a real capability to a topic and write a Phase I that a reviewer can follow.
- TeamingBe the small technical partner on someone else’s prime contract.
- FAR
- SAM registration
- NAICS 541519 primary
- Sources sought and RFI
- SBIR and STTR
How the work gets doneevery engagement, every page
Bots read the portals
SAM, the state portals and the subcontracting boards, every day, so no opportunity depends on someone remembering to look.
Models do the first pass
The reading, the mapping and the first draft of document-heavy work, where a machine is fast and tireless.
A person decides and signs
Every judgement call, every commitment and every signature is human, and the record says who.
One engineer, fixed scope
You get the person you evaluated, on a scope agreed before the work starts, and no invented follow-on.
How you can hire mescope is agreed first; price is a conversation — the scope sheet
On retainer
A senior quality lead a few days a month, holding the program and reachable when something goes sideways.
Fixed scope
A defined look at one problem, a defined amount of time, a written answer. No obligation after.
By the hour
An hour with someone who has built the thing you are asking about. Straight answers, no deck.
Eduardo Barbosa
Principal · previously U.S. Navy, General Atomics, SpaceX, Neuralink, Base Power
I run Archimedes Systems Group on my own. That is the pitch and the limitation: you get the person you evaluated, and there is no bench to hand you off to.
one engineer, one lever. that is the whole org chart.
One standard, more than one verbwhy these are four sheets and not four firms
- NQA-1NQA-1 — Build: we write toNQA-1 — Prove: we write toNQA-1 — Automate: does not applyNQA-1 — Win: does not apply
- 10 CFR 50 App. B10 CFR 50 App. B — Build: we write to10 CFR 50 App. B — Prove: we write to10 CFR 50 App. B — Automate: does not apply10 CFR 50 App. B — Win: we write to
- ISO 9001ISO 9001 — Build: we write toISO 9001 — Prove: we write toISO 9001 — Automate: does not applyISO 9001 — Win: does not apply
- CMMC Level 2CMMC Level 2 — Build: we write toCMMC Level 2 — Prove: we write toCMMC Level 2 — Automate: does not applyCMMC Level 2 — Win: we write to
- NIST SP 800-171NIST SP 800-171 — Build: we write toNIST SP 800-171 — Prove: we write toNIST SP 800-171 — Automate: we write toNIST SP 800-171 — Win: does not apply
- WCAG 2.1 AAWCAG 2.1 AA — Build: does not applyWCAG 2.1 AA — Prove: we write toWCAG 2.1 AA — Automate: does not applyWCAG 2.1 AA — Win: we write to
- Section 508Section 508 — Build: does not applySection 508 — Prove: we write toSection 508 — Automate: does not applySection 508 — Win: we write to
- FARFAR — Build: does not applyFAR — Prove: does not applyFAR — Automate: does not applyFAR — Win: we write to
- Audit trailAudit trail — Build: we write toAudit trail — Prove: we write toAudit trail — Automate: we write toAudit trail — Win: we write to
Audit trailThe one line that crosses all four. Every practice here ends in a record of who decided what, because none of the others survive without it.
The specificsstandards we know, not certifications we hold · not a client list
Principal background domains — not clients
- Nuclear systems
- Launch hardware
- Medical devices
- Energy infrastructure
Standards we know — not certifications we hold
- NQA-1
- 10 CFR 50 Appendix B
- ISO 9001
- CMMC Level 2
- NIST SP 800-171
- WCAG 2.1 AA
- Section 508
- FAR
Registered
- SAM Active
- CAGE assigned
- NAICS 541519 primary
- Texas LLC
- SAM
- Active
- CAGE
- Assigned
- Entity
- Texas LLC
15 things on the front page and more behind the search. One person doing all of it, which is the point — email me and you get the person you evaluated.