Daniel Llanes Ruiz

From a very young age, I knew I would dedicate myself to electronics. That’s why I studied Telecommunications Engineering (specializing in electronic systems) at the Gandia campus of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, and I completed my degree at the Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg.

Regarding my professional career, I worked at Continental Temic for five years, where I was very fortunate to learn from the best—my colleague and friend Thomas. Later, I returned to Spain and completed my bachelor’s degree at Miguel Hernández University in Elche.

I continued my career in hardware, working in electronic design at GND Nagares in Valencia (now Mahle), contributing to various projects related to HVAC, engine cooling, and the most interesting of all—a brushless motor controller for e-bikes. I stayed there for nine years.

Due to personal circumstances, I transitioned from the automotive to the industrial sector, where I gained significant experience, particularly in areas of electronics I hadn’t worked with before, such as thyristor control, variacs, and delta-star transformers.

Later, I joined AED Vantage, where I spent three years collaborating with Grupo Antolín, a company focused on automotive products.

Six years after leaving GND, I returned to Mahle Electronics in Paterna to join the CRA (Corporate Research Advance) team, where I’m happy to keep learning something new every day.