I can understand why it would be a burden. Especially since you have to spend money on a quality engineer but it would be smarter to spend the money earlier than having to deal with it later and possible having to give up your company because of all the money you will have to spend if something goes wrong. It would be more beneficial to spend the money earlier instead of later. You will make more by avoiding legal liability in the beginning before sending the product out and having it fail. It might be a big burden since people will complain about Quality but avoiding it from the beginning will cause the project to have a better end. But of course the Quality processes can be improved and that can help get the product out in a timely manner. But overall Quality is important and can save the company as a whole.