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, Vietnam and Taiwan. Founded in 2004 as a spin-off from Aalto University’s Nanomaterials Group, Canatu currently has 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

Summer Trainee, R&D Operations

to operate different equipment needed in CNT manufacturing and development. In addition, you participate in monitoring different processes. The position is in our Core Engineering function which develops the CNT material and its application to new areas. The work takes place in 3 shifts. The duration of the job is approximately 4 months, from May to August, 2025.

Responsibilities

• Operating equipment used for CNT material development
• Standard analysis of the material to be manufactured
• Monitoring R&D processes and the quality of manufactured products
• Maintenance and cleaning tasks
• Other separately defined tasks supporting process development

As a summer trainee you do not need to have previous experience. However, studies in chemistry provide a good basis. There is a comprehensive introduction to the processes and equipment so the most important thing to have is a genuine interest and desire to develop. The position requires ability to work in shifts onsite at our office and factory in Petikko, Vantaa. Our company language is English.

While working at Canatu, you will learn the different stages of manufacturing and developing the company's products. In Canatu’s R&D, improvements are made constantly for even better CNT products. You will gain unparalleled insight into the world of CNT by learning what makes it such a great material for multiple applications.

We offer the opportunity to work in a positive, open, innovative and international work environment with great people from different fields of expertise. If you share our passion for technology and innovation, we want you to join us in our quest to change the world for a better place and make a difference in industries that will impact everyday life.

ABOUT CANATU

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? It’s what defines us. Join us to do work with an impact.

For more information on this position, please contact Salla Jämsä at salla.jamsa@canatu.com. Pls apply latest by 27th of Feb, 2025. The duration of the job is approximately 4 months, from May to August, 2025.