Santiago García is an FPII Specialist Technician in Industrial Electronics and holds a Level 3 European Technical Qualification in the Maintenance of Automated Equipment. He has worked as a technician specializing in the maintenance and repair of computers and IT systems and as a general maintenance technician within the automotive industry, where he carried out electrical, electronic, pneumatic and hydraulic repairs. At CIEMAT he has worked as a research and laboratory technician since 2001, with responsibilities including equipment maintenance, the operation of pilot research plants, improving and repairing electrical and electronic systems for machinery, developing and modifying systems for the control and acquisition of data, and designing new equipment and incorporating it into existing systems.