Are you all about science and technology, and passionate about business and people? 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."
Do you want to be our next Research Trainee in the Data-driven Circular Construction team?
As a Research Trainee, your key goal is to support our research activities on data-driven circular design in construction. In this position, you will have an essential role in preparing for testing use cases for data-driven circular design and conducting initial tests.
Our Data-driven Circular Construction team works on construction digitalisation and circularity in the construction sector. Our research supports the development of a smart and sustainable built environment.
What would your responsibilities as a Research Trainee include?
- You will prepare and implement testing for use cases focusing on circular design with novel BIM-based tools.
- You will attend testing sessions and collect feedback from our partners and contribute to documentation of the findings.
- With the research group, you will be improving the circular design process to reduce the environmental impact of construction.
- Follow-up tasks based on your interest in our ongoing projects can be agreed upon.
Who we are looking for?
- We are looking for a master's student in Architecture, Structural Engineering, or Construction Management who is in the later stages of their studies and feels right at home using BIM software. It could also be possible to write a master's thesis if you are at that phase of your studies.
- You should have a basic understanding of circular design practices and a good understanding of Tekla Structures. This means you can modify designs, model parameters, and use different plugins.
- Knowledge of industry standards like IFC is considered a plus.
- We will help you set up and apply structured testing methods and report research findings.
As a person, we hope that you are:
- A curious mind with a willingness to develop and take on new challenges. Our team consist of 10 approachable and easy-going experts. We value own initiative, openness, and new ideas. Even though we are primarily supporting you, we are looking forward to learning from you as well.
What would we offer you?
- Impactful work for the future. As a leading applied research organisation, we are on a mission to bring exponential hope to the world by joining together people, businesses, science and technology. We tackle the biggest challenges of our time - from climate change and resource sufficiency to industrial renewal and smart healthcare - and turn them into sustainable growth. Read more about our strategy - the path of exponential hope.
- Career opportunities, top-level mentors. At VTT, your skills are appreciated and supported with the opportunity to learn from the top experts in their field. You'll get to discover our community of over 2300 experts representing more than 55 nationalities working across cutting-edge fields of science and technology.
- Meaningful projects, real responsibility. With us, you get to take on meaningful projects and create innovative scientific and technical solutions. We treat all employees as equals and give you real responsibility from the start. VTT is a caring employer that supports your growth and work-life balance and offers a range of well-being services.
What is like to work with us solving the biggest challenges of our time? Check from the video what kind of experiences Aymara, Daniil, Eric and Isabella had from their summer traineeships and what kind of change did they drive.
Apply now and join our community of brilliant minds!
Come, curious minds and clever changemakers! Prepare your CV and cover letter, and send in your application with your transcript of records via our recruitment system as soon as possiblebut at the latest by 2 February 2025. Let's change the world for the better next summer.
All VTT Summer of Changemakers traineeships are paid, and the salary is determined based on study credits: for Master's students the monthly salary is between 2600€ and 2800€, and for Bachelor's students the monthly salary is between 2100€ and 2400€. The typical duration of traineeships is between 3 and 6 months, with start dates usually falling between March and June, however the length and the exact starting date can be discussed with the hiring team.
Please read more of VTT Summer of Changemakers from here: https://www.vttresearch.com/en/summer-changemakers
Interested and want to hear more?
For further information, please contact Senior Scientist Markku Kiviniemi, [email protected], +358 40 546 0173 or Team Leader Rita Lavikka, [email protected], +358 50 384 1662.
We will process applications as they come in, and fill in the position as soon as we find the right candidate. We will inform all applicants about the continuation of the process during February 2025. Most of the interview will be held in February-March, however they can be started already during the application period.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Location: Espoo or Tampere
Apply between 9 January 2025 and 2 February 2025 23:59 (Europe/Helsinki)
Employment type: Full-time, Fixed-term (Summer traineeship), hybrid work
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