Canatu (CANATU, Nasdaq First North, Finland) is a fast-growing deep technology company creating advanced carbon nanotubes (Canatu CNTs), related products, and manufacturing equipment for the semiconductor, automotive, and medical diagnostics industries. Canatu partners with forerunner companies, together transforming products for better tomorrows with nano carbon.

Canatu's versatile platform technology has broad potential applications. Its current core includes CNT membranes for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) processes in the semiconductor industry, enabling the manufacturing of the most advanced chips, as well as film heaters for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) in the automotive industry. Additionally, electrochemical sensors for medical diagnostics are in the development phase. Canatu’s patented CNT reactors and Dry Deposition^TM method yield clean and pristine CNTs. The company operates through two business models: selling CNT products directly, as well as selling CNT reactors and licensing the related technology so that customers can produce CNT products under a limited license.

Headquartered in Finland, Canatu also operates in the US, Japan, and Taiwan. Founded in 2004 as a spin-off from Aalto University’s Nanomaterials Group, Canatu currently has around 140 employees representing over 30 nationalities, with 20 percent holding or pursuing doctorates. Discover more at www.canatu.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

We are looking for a

Carbon Nanotechnology Engineer

To focus on developing and building deeper understanding on Floating Catalyst Chemical Vapour Deposition (FCCVD) synthesis, FCCVD reactor and resulting Carbon Nanotechnology (CNT) properties. This occurs via participation in research and product development projects in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders such as customers from forefront of their respective industries.

Responsibilities

• CNT FCCVD synthesis development by planning, execution, and reporting internally and at customer interface.
• FCCVD reactor and reactor component development by innovation, and new equipment and component verification.
• Core FCCVD reactor(s) and related equipment ownership with responsibility on planning work, ensuring uptime (preventive maintenance), troubleshooting and operator instructions relating to reactor use and own research.
• Participate in full scope of development project actions and management including project plan, risk assessment, response to issues, execution and reporting.
• FCCVD synthesis and reactor support (process ramp-up, troubleshooting) internally in Finland and at customer sites.
• Participate in developing processes, procedures, and instructions to ensure an efficient and safe working environment.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years of experience with carbon nanomaterials, thin film deposition (ALD, CVD, MBE, MOCVD, PVD, sputtering) or semiconductor processes and equipment related. 

• Strong time management and interpersonal skills.

• Solid problem-solving skills, customer-oriented mindset and “can do” attitude.

• Hands-on while being able to see the big picture.
• M.Sc or PhD degree in Science, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering or related field

• Fluent English (written and verbal).

You will succeed in this role if you have flexibility, goal-oriented determination, and you possess both the initiative to work independently and also in collaboration with a project team. 

What do we offer you?

A possibility to conduct development with and for technology giants. Our purpose is driven by technology, enabling a multitude of possibilities. We collaborate with prestigious clients, alongside major automotive OEMs and semiconductor manufacturers to integrate CNT based solutions. At Canatu we also have substantial growth prospects, and we are constantly seeking innovation. As a rapidly growing company, the roles here are expansive, allowing you to engage in diverse tasks.

As an entrepreneurial company, you will be a part of a dynamic and forward-looking scale-up with great team spirit and peer support. At Canatu, the following core values define who we are and who we want to be, guiding us in our day-to-day work:

• Curiosity to discover provides us with the spark that takes us out into the world to observe and find.

• Commitment to achieve is how we take those discoveries from ideas to something concrete.

• Collaboration for impact is required to develop what we create into impactful and meaningful products.

• Passion for progress keeps us working for new ways to do things for better tomorrows.

Does this resonate? If yes, apply already today and join us to do the work with an impact.

For further information, please contact recruiter Salla Jämsä by email at salla.jamsa@canatu.com. Please apply this job by 25th of February 2025.