We are now looking for a Senior Scientist to join our Materials performance and interactions team.

• Resource sufficiency via long lifecycle, facilitated by durable materials.
  

• Energy efficiency via eliminating surface damages and power losses, as well as optimizing friction during operation.
  

• Material and manufacturing solutions to support emerging technologies, such as electrification, hydrogen technologies and utilization of other alternative fuels.
  

• Finding out the root causes for failures to enable the finding of better materials for the applications with complex requirements.
  

Your responsibilities:

• Act as a core group member in the research on material solutions supporting sustainable technologies, participating in experimental and possibly modelling work, depending on your background.
  

• As a project group member or a project manager, you ensure that the defined tasks are performed on time and the results are delivered and reported with high quality.
  

• Active participation in project planning and preparation, including active communication with customers and partners, as well as writing proposals together with your colleagues.
  

• Actively engage with our customers, engage in sales, support in preparing our customer proposals and promote our research activities.
  

• Networking and acting as a thought leader in your area of expertise.
  

• Communicating results impactfully in scientific publications and presentations, as well as with industry projects.
  

• Finding solutions on how our experimental research can be utilised in computational materials science.
  

• Conducting contract research projects for customer applications.
  

Who we are looking for:

• Deep understanding about engineering materials technology and surface related phenomena in tribology and a cross-scientific mindset.
  

• Good general view on the field of relevant industries.
  

• MSc or Ph D in the field of tribology, engineering materials, material physics or surface science
  
• As an experienced researcher, you may have established networks both in academia and industry and like to widen those nationally and globally.
  
• Fluent written and spoken English, Finnish skills are an advantage.
  
• Ability to design test setups/modifications and series.
  
• Experience or knowledge in funding applications and preparations.
  

• Tribology (friction, wear and lubrication) and material science, and the characterisation methods involved.
  

• Surface phenomena and material interaction as well as technologies applied to tribology, such as coatings, thin films and barrier layers.
  

• Experience of hands-on experimental research, data analysis and/or computational modelling methods.
  

As a person, we hope that you are:

With VTT, you’ll enjoy:

• 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!

Interested and want to hear more?