VTT Summer of Changemakers: Summer trainee, SEM image analyst

at  VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

ARE YOU ALL ABOUT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS AND USE THEM TO TACKLE THE GREATEST CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME? VTT MIGHT BE JUST THE PLACE FOR YOU – APPLY NOW FOR VTT SUMMER OF CHANGEMAKERS 2025 TRAINEESHIPS!

VTT is one of the leading applied research organisations in Europe. What unites us are curiosity, a passion for learning, and a purpose: to solve the biggest challenges of our time and turn them into sustainable growth and well-being. Our cross-disciplinary community of over 2300 brilliant minds from over 55 different nationalities is focused on creating impact through science-based innovation. Now, we are looking for passionate changemakers – you – to join us as summer trainees.

OUR LAST SUMMER’S TRAINEES RATED THEIR SUMMER JOB EXPERIENCE AT VTT 4.6/5 IN OIKOTIE’S RESPONSIBLE SUMMER JOB SURVEY. BELOW ARE SOME EXCERPTS FROM THEIR FEEDBACK WHEN ASKED WHAT WAS THE BEST PART OF THEIR SUMMER JOB:

“Great team, interesting tasks, enough responsibility, and opportunities to make an impact.”
“I got to know a lot of professionals from different fields with this summer job. So, networking is the best part.”
“Interesting projects, nice and helpful colleagues, work-life balance, and equal treatment with permanent colleagues.”

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR?

• You study in a university degree programme in material science or physics.
• You have a solid understanding of material microstructural properties
• We wish that you are confident writing and speaking in English. Knowledge of Finnish is advantageous but not essential.

As a person, we hope that you are:

• Interested to learn new things and develop yourself
• A team player, willing to work as member of a multidisciplinary research group.

• You’ll be analysing SEM pictures and labelling material characteristics like voids, precipitates, and porosity.
• You’ll be developing the methodology for harvesting experimental data for ML methods and learning to use ML tools together with our ML specialists.
• You’ll be contributing to a fully automated materials design and development approach and establishing the state of the art.
• You’ll be reporting the work in English.