Are you looking for a summer job with meaningful responsibility and possibility to make an impact? At VTT you have an opportunity to be part of our innovative work community of brilliant minds, and learn and develop with the support of your team mates. We have over 2000 encouraging and inspiring colleagues from 47 different nationalities waiting for you across Finland!

Our last summer’s trainees rated their summer job experience at 3,72 / 4 in Responsible Summer Job survey by Oikotie. Below are some excerpts of their feedback:
”I’ve been involved to versatile different projects and to different level of work tasks.”
”It was an eye opening experience to be part of various research projects.”
Join us and make an impact for a brighter future!

Do you want to join the world leading printed electronics processing team for roll to roll pilot line printing? At VTT Oulu we have an advanced infrastructure of tools where we can create futuristic electronic systems with traditional printing techniques. In our group, you will be on the cutting edge of new technologies involving novel materials, processes and multidisciplinary product applications. As part of our team, you will work with emerging manufacturing technologies for new product applications. Collaboration with companies, aiming to exploit our technologies, will give an additional insight to your work. This job is a unique opportunity for you to join a field of technology on the cusp of commercial exploitation.

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helping print and characterize flexible electronic components like organic solar cells.

Main responsibilities:
• assist with printing functional inks
• characterize printed organic electronic devices (electrical)
• help with optical and spectroscopic characterization

We expect you to have:
• Chemistry/Physics/Material Science major (senior BSc or MSc student)
• Experience in a chemistry lab and understanding of the scientific method, team working skills and good communication abilities. Good oral English skills and satisfactory writing

As a person you are:
• Open-minded, innovative, want to see research results turn into commercial solutions
• team-player, good collaboration skills
• good communication skills, outgoing, professional attitude
• self-driven, willingness to learn new things, well-organized, practical, hands-on

VTT is a place to make a difference in collaboration with other brilliant minds. Our mission is to create impact that generates sustainable growth and wellbeing in society as well as in industry. You will be part of a creative and international working research team with excellent research facilities. Our research team specializes in renewable energy, especially OPV and perovskite solar cells, printed electronics processing for pilot development.

For further information about the position, you can contact Thomas Kraft or Mari Ylikunnari by email. firstname.lastname@vtt.fi
The interviews are planned for weeks 7 and 8 (with online interviews as a first round)