Mechanical Development Engineer South Wales £40,000 - £50,000 + benefits Yolk Recruitment is exclusively partnered with an established and growing engineering business, part of a global group investing heavily in its UK design and development operations, to recruit a Development Engineer for a collaborative and forward-thinking R&D function. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on engineer to play a key role in testing, validating, and improving complex mechanical and mechatronic systems used in demanding, high-performance applications. You'll work at the intersection of design, analysis and production - helping to turn innovative concepts into reliable, proven products. This is what you'll be doing Planning and carrying out development and validation testing on new and existing products Gathering, analysing and interpreting performance data to support engineering decisions Producing clear technical documentation and detailed test reports for internal and external use Supporting New Product Development (NPD) activity from concept through to production release Contributing to DFMEA, DFM and DFA reviews and helping to resolve technical challenges Working collaboratively with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to optimise performance and reliability Occasionally visiting group or customer sites to support testing and development programmesThe experience you'll bring to the team HND or deg...