Research Scientist, Materials Engineering at VTT Powder Piloting

Are you interested in sustainable materials design and manufacturing, and looking for a new job opportunity in the field? Are you enthusiastic about working with fascinating projects in the state-of-the-art research facilities? VTT might be just the place for you. As expert of materials and processing technologies you might be our future colleague!

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 2000 brilliant minds is focused on creating impact through science-based innovation. 

In recent years, we have demonstrated how industrial side-streams can be utilized as raw materials, how critical raw materials Co and W can substituted in hard metals, how novel magnetic materials can be used in electromechanical components based on additive manufacturing and many more examples targeting higher material efficiency and lower energy consumption. Get to know us further by exploring VTT’s research infra at VTT World . 

We are now looking for Research Scientist to join our Sustainable Materials Design team.

As a Research Scientist, your key goals are developing of novel metal and ceramic materials and their manufacturing technologies to solve challenges of selected industrial applications.  In this position, you will have in essential role in development of our research infrastructure to speed up development cycle and that way ensure our competitiveness. You will participate to planning and performing of wide range of projects. As an expert on your field, you will help your colleagues to develop and construct new processing and characterization routines enabling us to better answer current and future customer demands.

Our team, Sustainable Materials Design, is focusing on development of material and manufacturing solutions enabling resource savings and higher operation performance for entire life-cycle. We have specialized on powder-based materials and manufacturing technologies. VTT Powder Piloting facilities covers whole chain form material processing to manufacturing of components ready to testing in real operation conditions. The three themes are forming backbone of our projects:

• Resource sufficiency via substitution, secondary raw materials and long-life cycle
• Energy efficiency via minimizing wear, friction, power losses during operation and manufacturing
• Material and manufacturing solutions to support rising technologies as electrification (e-mobility, e-processes) and additive manufacturing

Read more about our research: www.vtt.fi/powder check out also our team's another open position: Senior Scientist, Materials Design and Processing at VTT Powder Piloting

• You daily based work consists of performing material processing, characterization and testing related tasks in our Powder Piloting research facilities. As a part of this job, you will maintain and develop our processing and characterization capabilities to ensure high quality and continuous evolution of our research facilities and techniques.
• You will be responsible for analysing the test results and further reporting them in a desired way. As a project group member, you are ensuring that defined tasks are performed on time and the needed information is shared with team.
• You will continuously develop your skills towards to maximizing support to team strategic goals and customer demands.

• You have deep understanding about materials engineering and processing technologies in the field of metals and ceramics.
• You have a MSc degree in the field of materials engineering or physics and preferentially some studies related to electric/automation and/or machine design. We expect you to have working history in the area of materials engineering and proven experience of working in laboratory/industrial environment solving materials and manufacturing related problems in practice.
• You have knowledge and background in at least some of the following topics:
  • Metals and ceramic processing technologies, like casting, sintering, additive manufacturing.
  • Analysing and characterization methods and tools, like SEM, EDS, XRD, DSC.
  • Experience on processing and characterization equipment’s, including measurement and data collection technologies, data analysing knowledge is considered as advantage.
  • Practical design skills connected to the use of a 3D design software’s, like SolidWorks.
• Fluent written and spoken English and at least basic Finnish skills are mandatory.

• You are eager to learn and try new things and use your knowledge to the development of sustainable materials and processing technologies.
• You are enthusiastic to understand how different equipment work and how those can be used in different cases and further how we can develop our research facilities.
• You are capable of working in a flexible and independent manner, and collaborating with colleagues across different application areas.
• Most importantly, you are well motivated for the learning of new skills and willing to take on new challenges and responsibilities to support research team activities.

• Visionary work in technology. We offer positions at the cutting-edge of technology and engineering from next generation microelectronics and quantum technology to automation and robotics, energy systems and more. Our research agenda is dedicated to creating sustainable growth by solving systemic and technological challenges, so your work will go towards creating real, positive impact. Read more about our strategy – the path of exponential hope .
• Fascinating projects, excellent research environment. Our researchers get to work on a combination of cutting-edge academic research and applied customer projects, both locally and internationally. At VTT, you’ll have state-of-the-art research facilities at your disposal, our Materials Performance facility covers whole chain from material discovery to life-time management of material and components.
• Great career opportunities, superb colleagues. At VTT, excellence in research is a strategic priority. We offer long-term positions and stable career paths in top-level research. People tend to stay with us over 10 years since there are always new roles and responsibilities to grow into. Collaborating in a cross-disciplinary community with superb colleagues is a source of learning, inspiration, and fun.
• Support for your well-being. Our people are our main asset, so we take good care of them. We aim to nurture great team spirit and leadership and offer versatile well-being services to enable a good work–life balance. On top of 6 weeks of paid holidays, we offer exercise and culture benefits, hobby clubs, and voluntary well-being services such as meditation programmes and trainings on cognitive ergonomics.

Apply now and join our community of brilliant minds!

Please send your CV and application with your salary request via our recruitment system as soon as possible but at the latest by 16 January 2022. We will process applications as they come in, and fill in the position as soon as we find the right candidate.

For further information, please contact Research Team Leader Tomi Lindroos, [email protected] , +358 503 020 227.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Employment type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Tampere

Apply between 27 December 2021 and 16 January 2022 23:59 (Europe/Helsinki)

Employment type: Fulltime, permanent

VTT is a visionary research, development and innovation partner. We drive sustainable growth and tackle the biggest global challenges of our time and turn them into growth opportunities. We go beyond the obvious to help the society and companies to grow through technological innovations. We have over 75 years of experience of top-level research and science-based results. VTT´s turnover and other operating income is 258 M€. VTT is at the sweet spot where innovation and business come together.

VTT – beyond the obvious.