Are You Future Photonics Top Expert?

New Photonics Top Expert Training begins in August 2021!

Our goal is to help highly educated job-seekers with already some applicable experience to find their new career path in the cooperating companies.

Photonics Top Expert training will provide new skills and improve existing ones both for the selected trainee and their employer related to (international) business development, quality management and regulation, as well as product development and commercialisation with general understanding of industry specific needs related to photonics. The cooperation between trainee and employer is supported by Kasve Oy by means of individually signed development project and through personal and company wide sparring.

Similar training has been successfully carried out several times – over 80 % of the trainees are currently employed.

Contents of the Training

• 80 working days on-the-job training (internship)
• 8 days of training provided by Kasve Oy and Photonics Finland
• 1 Development project including one-to-one sparring and company-wide sparring from Kasve Oy and Photonics Finland

Photonics Top Expert training is carried out in co-operation experienced professionals from Kasve Ltd and Photonics Finland. The content of the training is always tailored and based on the needs of employers. The training will focus on:

1. Photonics industry specific needs

2. International business development: market identification, market access, international trade, identification and selection of distributor networks, earning logic and pricing, contract management.

3. Quality management: quality management and regulations, quality systems, risk management, business strategy, identification of competitive advantage, business development and innovation.

4. Project management and R&D: planning and implementation development projects (eg product development project, commercialisation project, internal development project), resourcing, project financing.

All trainings can be carried out remotely in Finnish or in English depending on the needs and agreements of the joining partners.

Training Schedule (preliminary)

Training will start in August 2021. The duration is 80 working days (inc. 56 h group training + traineeship at the partner company). Training will end in November 2021.

Application criteria

Applicant must be registered in the TE services as a job seeking candidate (unemployed or threatened with unemployment). In case of questions or concerns, contact TE services to find out if you meet the application criteria. Applicants must be highly educated (degree from polytechnic or university) or have sufficient other professional experience in the field of:

• Bio- and environment
• Biotechnology
• Commercial sector
• Food and Nutrition
• HealthTech, MedTech
• Health and Wellbeing
• ICT -industry
• Pharmaceutical industry
• Research and science
• ICT -industry
• Engineering

Internships and job descriptions

(Information will be provided later)

Applications (application period in May 2021)

The application process for training has two steps (both are required):

1. Fill the electronic application form: www.te-palvelut.fi -> Oma asiointi -> Työvoimakoulutukset

More information on the TE services website (in Finnish): (link will be updated here)

Please don’t hesitate to contact TE services if you need assistance with application form (in Finnish).

2. Send application letter and CV, by using application form which you will find in the footer of this page. Please write either an open application or targeted application to the selected position or positions. Describe also your currents situation, as well as your capabilities and development needs: Why You are the future Photonics Top Expert?

Application period & schedule for interviews (preliminary):

Application period starts: May 2021
Application period ends: May 2021
Invitation to the pre-interview for the selected applicants will be sent on:
Pre-interview dates:
Invitation to the job interview for selected applicants:
Job interviews:
Approval & confirmation for selected applicants by: June/July 2021
Training: from August to November 2021

Apply here!