VAISALA INC.
LOUISVILLE, CO

Phone (Local): +1 888 VAISALA (824-7252) Weather and Environments Business Phone (Local): +1 877 VAISALA (824-7252) San Jose Office - Vaisala Inc. Industrial Measurement Business Phone (Local): +1 888 VAISALA (824-7252) Weather and Environments Business Phone (Local): +1 877 VAISALA (824-7252) St. Louis Office - Vaisala Inc. Phone (local): 1 877 VAISALA (824-7252) OF VAISALA EMPLOYEES Our meaningful business provides a fascinating opportunity for curious challenge-seekers to make a real difference. Working as a part of our highly talented and enthusiastic community is rewarding as together we contribute to finding solutions to the grand challenges in our time. Product leadership and tireless pioneering in environmental innovation are the core of Vaisala; more than 20% of our engaged employees work in product development. We are always looking for curious professionals to join our international community and work with us towards a better world. We offer students fascinating opportunities to gain valuable work experience and to learn new skills with experienced professionals. Many of our current employees began their careers at Vaisala as students. We are pleased to offer training opportunities because we believe that talented students make excellent future employees. Is your ideal summer job made of meaningful opportunities? Would you like to kick-start your career in an innovative and international environment? We at Vaisala offer you a highly valued internship program that our previous generations of Giant Leapers describe as memorable, challenging and just a splendid experience in general. Do your future self a favor and apply to Giant Leap!​ Giant Leap is Vaisala's internship program for 3+ year students in a university or polytechnic. We'll hire up to 20 students for a period of three months over the summer to our head office in Vantaa Finland and our US head office in Louisville, Colorado. As a Giant Leap intern, you'll work either individually, in pairs or together with experienced Vaisala employees on real-life projects that have genuine business relevance. Challenging but also rewarding, the program is designed for students with a variety of skills, qualities and educational backgrounds. To us, motivation and intellectual curiosity are more important than specific achievements or your line of studies. We don’t expect you to have all the answers but we hope you have lots of questions. Whether you're a future software guru, product development expert, business development wizard, world-class industrial designer or anything in between, we might be just the right fit for each other. “Vaisala Giant Leap internship program is highly valued inside the company as it gives the interns challenging opportunities to work on real-life challenges that the company is dealing with and wants to develop.” Thu Nha Nguyen holds a master’s degree Information and Service Management from Aalto University School of Business. She joined Vaisala in summer 2015 as a Giant Leap intern and currently works as a Sourcing Analyst at Vaisala. “I worked as a Giant Leap intern for a project called Master Data Governance Model. My main responsibility was to visualize the current state of master data for product information and create a responsibility matrix tool for item’s data parameters so that it would support daily business and offer a solid platform for continuous improvements. There are thousands of spare parts and sellable products. Their information is recorded into the system for business transactions and operations. In the high advanced technology industry, there are many perspectives need taking care of, which makes the operational system much more complex. During the internship, I was able to study more the data architecture and data management. I also learned a lot about product information flow from the product’s idea conceptualization to the ramp-up process. I got full support from my team and had a chance to interview different people working in different functions. All of them were really open for discussion. Talking with Vaisala experts helped me to understand difficulties in daily processes from their real experience. I was highly motivated by the project I worked on. I have found the information management greatly influential for the business but also really challenging for any company. Working at Vaisala has been really interesting, not only from the product point of view but also from the business management side. The business has several market segments and provides a variety of products for different industries, ranging from aviation and road authorities to renewable energy markets. I appreciate the high advanced technology feature. There are always exciting things to learn every day. On the other hand, the organization comprises many different teams and is aligned as a cross-functional matrix, which requires well cooperation from employees. I think that the working environment is quite flexible and friendly. I have felt stimulated by the colleagues I’ve worked with. They are experts in their own fields yet, they listen and cooperate. Truly, Vaisala Giant Leap internship program is highly valued inside the company as it gives the interns challenging opportunities to work on real-life challenges that the company is dealing with and wants to develop. The interns have full responsibilities and independence so you need to be initiative in self-management and finding a way to work on your own project." "After my summer internship at Vaisala, I was looking for master’s thesis assignment. It was great that Vaisala provided me the opportunity to do my theses here at Vaisala. It has been extremely interesting to discover Vaisala’s business from a new perspective. Besides, it’s great that here are several other thesis workers at Vaisala with whom to share thoughts and ideas." – Tapani Several university, polytechnic and vocational school students prepare their thesis in Vaisala each year. The subjects often relate to ongoing development projects to which students bring their expertise. When applying for a thesis placement please specify your area of interest and propose a topic or two that interest you the most.