Contract Test and Development Engineer - Mechanical Engineering Inside IR35 - 12 Month Contract + ExtSouth Wales - On-site - Rate dependent on experienceYolk Recruitment is exclusively partnered with a global engineering business''s with an established customer base of major blue-chip manufacturers, and a track record of offering long-term contract opportunities at their well resourced UK centre for engineering excellence.This is a 12 month contract with a further 12 months very realistic, on site, supporting a live long-term programme, with further work behind it. You''ll be working to validate and verify mechanical components and assemblies, progressing designs through development stages with a mix of theoretical analysis and hands on strip down of components, determining and coordinating test activities, reviewing results, investigating failures and feeding finds back into the wider engineering team. You''ll need a mechanical engineering or related degree with strong theoretical knowledge, will be able to read engineering drawings including GDandT and will be used to creating detailed engineering reports. Hands on at times, you''ll be solving real world engineering problems, investigating failures and contributing to solutions. This is what you''ll be doingSupport the development and validation of mechanical components and assembliesInterpret engineering drawings, including GDandT, and assess fit, function and tolerance stack-upDefine test requirements and work with the te