What do you mean "a working group to join"?
Also, it is not a start-up. It's a well established business that's been operating for many years. In the last few years, they have only hired me (hardware) and another guy (entry sys admin) working part time to offload some of the work. I contract 40-80hr/mo for that company. So spending a month on 9001 documentation is not a problem for me.
EDIT: I've already done a lot of procedures and manuals over the last few months on assembly and use of the devices we make. So at least I dont have to worry about that stuff.