Health & Tech Top Expert 2023

Training content

Kasve’s experienced experts and trainers are handling the implementation of the Health & Tech Top Expert. The training includes an on-the-job training period (80 days) in a partner company, personal sparring and coaching (8 hours), a development task assignment and group training related to special expertise in the field of technology (8 days). The employer partner is responsible for introducing the company’s operating culture and on-the-job learning during the internship, and participates in the supervision of the jointly agreed development task. The content of the training is tailored to the needs of the employer’s partners and experts around the following themes, and the themes are delved into needs-based sparring related to the development task:

1. International business expertise and sales: Market identification and access, international trade, business development and sales, marketing and communications, distributor networks, earning logics, pricing, financing opportunities and contract matters.
2. Product development and project expertise: innovation, product development, productization, product manager responsibilities, product lifecycle, sales and marketing support, product development and production processes, software development, resourcing and project management.
3. Quality and risk management: quality management and regulations, quality systems, risk management, business strategy, environment, occupational safety, responsibility and identification of competitive advantage.
4. Industry competence and working life: requirements, trends and future of the health and technology industry, working life skills, competence development and expert communication.

Training schedule and implementation

Health & Tech Top Expert training schedule 7.12.2023-3.4.2024, duration 80 working days, including training days (56 hours) and on-the-job training in the company.

If needed, Kasve implements the training section remotely or in hybrid model (Zoom) and in English. The possibility of remote implementation of on-the-job learning is explained in the job descriptions. The training contact persons are also happy to provide additional information!

Application criteria for Recruitment Training

The applicant must be unemployed, at risk of unemployment or working part-time. If necessary, contact the TE services to find out whether you fulfil the application criteria. Applicants must have a higher education degree (from university or applied sciences) or a sufficient amount of other work experience from a field such as:

• Health and tech sector
• Bio and environmental sector
• Technical sector
• Research and Laboratory Sector
• Pharmaceutical sector
• Software / ICT sector
• Business / commercial sectors

Partner companies and job descriptions

Binare is looking for a Full Stack Developer. Binare is a Jyväskylä based cyber-security start-up established in 2020.
As a Full Stack Developer your tasks could include some of the following: software development and implementation, software testing and automation, software analyze and implementation according to requirements, data analysis and processing, cybersecurity pentesting and/or writing technical documentation and reports.
We hope you have a higher education degree in a relevant field. It is a strong advantage if you are already familiar or have experience with any of the following: Linux and Linux-related bash/shell/CLI, Docker and containers, Python and scripting, Angular, HTML or JavaScript, JSON and databases or reverse engineering. We value problem solving skills, high motivation, and a proactive attitude. Experience with EU Horizon projects is a plus. You will need fluent English skills, also. Work will be done remotely with the support of our talented team.Join us! Attracting and retaining talents in deep-tech cybersecurity and related fields is a key to our growth. We offer an informal and non-bureaucratic atmosphere, where all team members can contribute to and have influence on our decision-making.

Binare is looking for a Technical Project Manager. Binare is a Jyväskylä based cyber-security start-up established in 2020.
As a technical project manager your role will include administration and quality assurance related tasks, such as implementation of projects, preparing and developing required documentation and interaction with customers and internal/external stakeholders.
We hope you have an applicable degree of higher education and already a couple of years’ experience in similar tasks. Expertise in successful project implementation is seen as an advantage. To be able to succeed as a project manager, you will need both technical knowledge and interpersonal skills. Good communication, cooperation, and organizational skills in addition to solution oriented and entrepreneurial attitude are appreciated. You will need fluent English skills, also. Experience with EU Horizon projects, and familiarity or experience with high-performance/distributed computing (HPC) and Compute Continuum and their related technologies is a plus. Work can be done remotely.Join us! Attracting and retaining talents in deep-tech cybersecurity and related fields is a key to our growth. We offer an informal and non-bureaucratic atmosphere, where all team members can contribute to and have influence on our decision-making.

Biomensio is looking for a Sales Development Manager. Biomensio develops digital and mobile bioanalytics solutions. As a Sales Development Manager, you will be responsible for varied sales, productization and commercialization tasks. Your work mainly involves opening new markets for our bioanalytical solutions and FBAR sensor technology. You will identify new potential customers, build and manage customer relationships, and develop internal sales processes and international business strategies. We hope that you have a suitable university degree and a few years of experience in selling B2B solutions and building an international dealer network. Fluent English is a must, other languages are considered as an advantage. We value a curious, self-initiated and solution-oriented way of working. We offer you a dynamic deep tech company as a work environment and a team of enthusiastic professionals interested in succeeding in the international markets. We have offices in Tampere and Espoo; you will also have the opportunity to partially work remotely. Apply and succeed with us!

Celltech Solutions is looking for a motivated Electronics Engineer. Celltech Solutions is one of the Europe’s leading industrial battery and battery system suppliers serving customers on every continent. As an Electronics Engineer your task is to help in the development of lithium-ion battery packs and their integration into vehicle systems. Your tasks include both day-to-day design and engineering and supporting product development integration ensuring fluent commissioning of prototype builds. Electronics Engineer will also define and develop electronics architecture and design, create and upkeep architecture documentation and other design documentations, prototype and simulate new circuits and mature new products from prototype level to a certified product.

We expect you to have a suitable higher education degree (electronics or equivalent field), experience in electronics design and understanding of importance of product documentation. We appreciate experience in electronics circuit design of industrial equipment embedded systems and electronic circuit design testing. Also, competence in Fusion, PADS or other design tools and protection circuits, communication SPI/CAN and Microprocessor circuits is highly valued. You will need hands-on and result oriented attitude, good communication and strong problem-solving skills. Our working community is international and therefore we appreciate fluent English. We are hoping to find an innovative person with a genuine desire to develop new solutions and challenge existing ones!

We offer you a supportive, relaxed, and flexible working environment with great colleagues, lots of laughter and good times. We work at our office in Tampere. This is your possibility to create something new in the field of safe industrial electrification! Apply soon!

Celltech Solutions is looking for an Innovative Testing Manager. Celltech Solutions is one of the Europe’s leading industrial battery and battery system suppliers serving customers on every continent. As a Testing Manager you will be responsible for battery cell, module and system testing, test solution development, test planning, test case derivation and reporting. You will also be the team lead for the battery testing services supporting constant development for the team members and the test equipment.

We expect you to have a suitable higher education degree and previous experience in testing of embedded systems or machinery applications. We value experience in working with certification bodies and SW testing experience in the field of embedded systems. You master electrical test, measurement and data acquisition tools and have competence in test automation e.g., Robot framework and programming with Python. You have a strong sense of safety consciousness both in lab and workshop settings and understanding of functional safety in SW development procedures. Our working community is international and therefore we appreciate fluent English.

We offer you a supportive, relaxed, and flexible working environment with great colleagues, lots of laughter and good times. We work at our office in Tampere. This is your possibility to create something new in the field of safe industrial electrification! Apply soon!

ColloidTek is looking for an experienced software developer. The roots of Colloidtek, established in 2017, are in the research activities of the Tampere University. Our team consists of researchers, technicians and sales and marketing professionals. As a software developer you will work at the interface of measuring devices and automation solutions. Your main tasks are to develop the software of Collos’s measuring device and to plan, integrate and test new features and improvements. You will also optimize the performance of the device and solve technical challenges. We expect you to have a suitable education and previous experience from equivalent embedded software designing tasks. In this role you will need skills in embedded systems, both measuring devices and automation interfaces and Firmware-programming. You master C/C++ languages and you are familiar with the ARM Mbed OS operating system. You know the most common automation interfaces Modbus TP and OPC UA, and you have previous experience working with measuring devices. Experience with hardware, skills in signal processing and other programming languages (Python, Azure and .NET) are seen as advantages. You work proactively and you get excited about learning new things. You have good teamwork skills and you communicate fluently in English. We offer you an inspiring task and strong team support. We work at our office in Tampere. Warm welcome to work with us!

Colloidtek is looking for an experienced project manager. The roots of Colloidtek, established in 2017, are in the research activities of the Tampere University. Our team consists of researchers, technicians and sales and marketing professionals.  As a Project Manager you will work closely in the customer interface and be responsible for the lead of customer projects. You will coordinate the progress of project work and be in charge of completing the project according to its goals. We expect you to have a suitable higher education degree, technical background, and a couple of years’ experience from equivalent tasks. Knowledge of measuring devices and automation is seen as an advantage. You have versatile project management skills and excellent communication skills to work with customers. You have a proactive way of working, motivation to learn, and you quickly adapt new skills and things. You have fluent English. We offer you an inspiring task and strong team support. We work at our office in Tampere. Warm welcome to work with us!

EPSE is looking for a process engineer to support technical sales. A Finnish company, EPSE specializes in processing industrial and mining process waters containing soluble metals. EPSE Oy is a growing clean tech company whose greatest potential is in the international market.
As a process engineer, you work as part of EPSE’s technical team. The technical team participates in solving the water treatment problems of our industrial customers; sales support, planning and implementation. The technical team is responsible for the customer piloting of the EPSE™ method as well as the maintenance and development of the equipment. We expect you to have a suitable education (for example electrical- or automation technology, process industry, chemistry). We value previous experience in water treatment processes. We also consider previous experience in maintenance work in the process industry as an advantage, as well as an interest in the mining and metal industry. To be able to succeed in the job you need willingness to travel, ability to work in international circumstances and good English language skills. You are experienced using different hand tools, and you are willing to work in more practical tasks as well. As a process engineer you work independently and have good communication and interaction skills. EPSE offers you an enthusiastic work community from which you will get strong support in your task to succeed. The work is innovative, the work environment in a small company is agile and the pace of work brisk. Your workplace will be in Ylöjärvi, and there can be assignments abroad as well. As part of our team, you get to implement water treatment solutions in practice on such a scale that you can definitely see the impact. After the training the contract is permanent and full-time. Submit your application soon!

Nordic Industries Development is looking for a new talent for Business Developer role. We are operational and industry specific physical B2B sales channel development specialists. Our customers are mainly Finnish manufacturing companies of any size, but who have their own product which they are pursuing to sell. In this Business Developer-role you produce market studies for our customers. You research and analyse markets, market sectors and business possibilities from different perspectives. You set as a Business Developer role for the customer company from inspection point of view. You also participate developing our own sales development in all areas, but especially to digital marketing and digital sales pipeline establishment (SOME-marketing etc.). On top of this you get to participate developing IT-application and we hope that you bring more overall to our capabilities in exploiting IT in our work. This means for example utilizing AI in information research and refinery.

We hope that you have an academic/technical background with Bachelor’s or Master’s degree. We appreciate earlier experience with sales, marketing, technically with AI and other sales related IT-skills. On this role the biggest importance is diverse social and collaboration capabilities and curious mentality with problem solving approach. Good English language is necessary, other languages are a definite plus (Finnish, Swedish, French, German). Outward goingness and skill to drive your own work are central. You should possess problem solving mentality utilizing social skills as tools. IT and technical understanding serves you as an important supportive toolset. In this work it is possible to excel with various backgrounds, it is more about the will to succeed, when tasks and customer cases can vary a lot.

Our base of operation is in Tampere. We offer you possibility to work in fun, dynamic and diverse team. This work offers possibilities to travel and see the world, different cultures and perhaps somewhere in the future a possibility to work abroad, if desired. Welcome to work with us!

Sensotrend is looking for a regulation expert. Tampere based Sensotrend makes living with diabetes easier with the help of intelligent software solutions. Our software combines information from medical devices, well-being apps and patient information systems, visualizes information to support the treatment of diabetes and helps to share the information with the health care professionals. We are now looking for a regulation expert to strengthen our team. Your tasks will include maintenance and further development of our certified quality management system in accordance with the requirements of medical device regulations and information security certification. You maintain documentation and take care of realization of compliance. Your role is also important in the development of our processes. You have an opportunity to grow into the role of PRRC (person responsible for meeting the regulatory requirements) with the support of your team.

The task requires higher education degree. We hope you have previous experience in quality management and regulatory compliance, ideally within medical devices (ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and/or MDR) or cyber security (ISO 27000 standards). Good knowledge of software development is an advantage. We highly value the burning passion to work specifically on diabetes treatment solutions. We are a small start-up and everyone in our team does a wide range of tasks. To succeed you need proactive attitude, continuous learning of new things and ability to adapt to changes. We operate in international markets and all our documentation is in English, so you will need good English skills as well. You can be in the beginning of your professional career or with wide experience already. We are a team enthusiastic about their work and each member of us has a personal connection to type 1 diabetes. Our office is in Tampere but there are team members working from Helsinki and Turku as well. We are used to flexible hybrid and remote work practices. The orientation and on-boarding to your new role will be organized in Tampere. Come and do meaningful work in health technology!

Tezted is looking for an In Vitro Diagnostic Sales Representative. Tezted is a Jyväskylä based company that provides industry-leading solutions for detecting complex diseases that focus on the patient’s needs. As an In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) Sales Representative, you will promote and sell a wide range of IVD products to healthcare organizations, clinical laboratories, research facilities, and other relevant customers. Your primary goal will be to achieve sales targets and increase market share for our company’s IVD portfolio. The role will include tasks related to sales and business development (e.g. develop and implement sales plans, conduct sales presentations and negotiations), customer relationship management (e.g. building and management of customer relationships, participate in conferences and trade shows) and market intelligence (e.g. collect and analyze market data).

We hope you have an applicable higher education degree (B.Sc./ M.Sc.) in a relevant field such as biology, biochemistry or medical sciences, and proven experience in sales. In-depth knowledge of IVD-products, technologies and industry regulations are seen as advantages. Strong interpersonal and communication skills and excellent negotiation and relationship-building abilities are highly appreciated. To be able to succeed in the role, you will need genuine interest in sales and customer service. We value proactive attitude and start-up-mindset, also. Our working language is English, other language skills are seen as an advantage. We offer you a crucial role in our talented team: you will have a chance to drive the growth of our IVD products and establish strong relationships with key customers. We work on site at our office in Jyväskylä. Apply soon and tell us more about yourself!

Application period 17.10.-9.11.2023

The application process for training has two steps, submit your application for both Kasve and TE-services. 

1. 1. Fill the electronic application form for TE Services (you can choose either one of the following links:)
      Central Finland: https://koulutukset.te-palvelut.fi/kt/716726
      Pirkanmaa: https://koulutukset.te-palvelut.fi/kt/716590
      TE Services number for the training 716590 (Pirkanmaa) and 716726 (Central Finland). 
   2. Send application letter and CV for Kasve: by using the electronic form at the bottom of the page. Attach the CV and your open application (in pdf format) to the electronic form. Mark your name as the title of the application files. Describe your starting situation, skills and development needs in a free-form application.

Application period & schedule for interviews:

Application period starts: 17.10.2023
Application period ends: 9.11.2023
Pre-interviews: During the application period (remote interviews) and between 13.-16.11.
Company interviews: After the pre-interviews, 20.-21.11.
Selections: 27.11. at the latest
Training & on-job-learning: 7.12.2023-3.4.2024

More information 

Henna Heiskanen
Education Ambassador, Kasve Oy
henna.heiskanen@kasve.com
+358 50 566 9405 Please, notice the call times: 20.10. (12-13), 30.10. (9-11) and 7.11. (9-11)

NOTE! We ask kindly for your patience in responding to applications and regarding the selections. We process a large number of applications and respond to each applicant. Thank you for your understanding.

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