Giant Leap Trainee, Chemical Engineering

Are you ready to take a Giant Leap? We’re looking for a Chemical Engineering Trainee for our Giant Leap program – a project-based internship in our HQ in Vantaa. You will be doing hands-on experimental measurements with liquids using state-of-the-art instruments and also more theoretical analysis based on the results.  As a Giant Leaper, you will get your own project to lead for three months, starting in June.

Vaisala is a global leader in measurement instruments and intelligence helping industries, nations, people, and the planet to thrive. From predicting hurricanes to optimizing renewable energy production, our technology is used where it matters the most – from data centers, windfarms and laboratories to airports, the Arctic and even the surface of Mars. Our team of over 2,300 experts and 59 nationalities around the world is committed to taking every measure for the planet. Driven by our shared purpose, curiosity, and pioneering spirit, we stay ahead and make a difference. At Vaisala, you don't have to fit in to belong.

Giant Leap is a unique opportunity for you to be the project manager of your own project, with the support of your teammates and project supervisor. Every year, these projects are carefully selected by our leadership teams, meaning that you get to work on real-life questions that are important for us as a company.

We invest in your growth with training sessions throughout the summer. Along with lessons from your own field and work life in general, you have a chance to learn, for instance, presentation skills, project management and problem solving. Connections built with fellow Giant Leapers, Vaisala’s brilliant experts and our leadership form an invaluable network for your career. Many of our former Giant Leapers have also gone on to build impressive careers at Vaisala after the program.

What will your summer look like?

• Giant leap trainee will perform wide range of tests to characterize calibration liquids for refractometers. The work will include both hands-on experimental measurements with state-of-the-art instruments and more theoretical analysis based on the results.​
• The results will provide vital information to Vaisala needed to optimize calibration and adjustment of refractometers.
• One aspect of the work is to improve usability and safety with the calibration liquids.
• Expected outcome of the work is thorough understanding of different potential calibration liquids
• During the summer, you will learn to work in a laboratory with state-of-the-art measurement instruments and gain knowledge about safe use of chemicals. Learned methods to analyze measurement data and ways of reporting them will be useful e.g. in your thesis. In addition to this you will learn details of refractometer measurement technology and Vaisala as a company.
• You will have a team of experienced scientists to guide and support you in your work.
• The work is done at Vaisala Vantaa office. Work is mostly done in the lab; remote work is possible only from time to time.

What kind of skillset are we looking for?

• We expect that you have some knowledge of chemistry and experience in working in chemistry lab.
• Experience of laboratory measurements is considered as an advantage.
• Candidate should have a genuine interest in technology and a desire to learn and explore new advancements. We hope you can collaborate effectively with others and communicate clearly.

Are you ready to take on a Giant Leap? Apply at the latest on February 2, 2025 and please attach your CV. We’d also appreciate learning about what made you apply for this position and to Vaisala in the form of a motivation letter.

Schedule and steps of the recruitment process:

• Application period: January 13 – February 2
• Invitations to the interview events: during week 6 (February 3 – February 7)
• Interview events at Vaisala, Vantaa (F2F): February 11 and February 13
• Selections and signing of the contracts: during week 8 (February 17–21) at the latest

If you want to know more, feel free to reach out to the hiring manager Juha Jääskeläinen via email juha.jaaskelainen@vaisala.com. Please note that applications sent via email cannot be processed due to privacy reasons.

Kindly note that we are not able to provide support in relocation or work permit-related matters.