Mark Rice

524 S. Main Street, Wauconda, IL 60084

Phone: 224-944-2200

Email: ricemark20@gmail.com

SUMMARY

Engineering graduate with varied experience in electronic troubleshooting, product validation, repair,
refurbishing, inspection, and assembly is seeking an Electronic Engineering position.

SKILLS

Experience soldering fine-pitch surface mount components.
Experience troubleshooting circuit boards to the component level.
Other skills: Diagnostics, Testing, Medical device repair, IPC
soldering, Trained in FDA documentation.
Computer skills: Proficient in Windows 10 and Fedora Linux.

EXPERIENCE

Fanuc America Corporation, Hoffman Estates, IL
January 2022 to March 2023

PCB Repair Technician

• Test and repair PCB’s.
• Troubleshoot and repair PCB’s, meeting quality and quantity goals as assigned.
• Test systems as required.
• Work cooperatively as a positive contributing team member.

MRV Systems, Wood Dale, IL
May 2018 to January 2022

Assembly Technician

• Mechanical, electrical and pneumatic assembly of board sets for several types of floats containing sensors to monitor environmental conditions in the ocean.
• Work with sub-assemblies from schematics, diagrams, written and verbal instructions.
• Test and pair boards for installation in finished floats.

Illinois Instruments, Johnsburg, IL
Aug. 2012 to January 2018

Electronic Lab Technician

• Test, troubleshoot, and repair the analyzers in preparation for scheduled customer orders.
• Work from schematics, diagrams, written and verbal instructions.
• Support engineering with tests to collect design data or assist in general research work.
• Diagnose gas flow problems in an instrument.
• Perform electronic troubleshooting on analyzers.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned.

Plexus, Buffalo Grove, IL - Contracted for Goldstar Solutions, Bannockburn, IL
Nov. 2011 to Feb. 2012

SMT Repair Technician

• Reworked PCB’s with SMD components on leaded and RoHs (lead-free) PCB’s

Panasonic, Elgin, IL - Contracted for Randstad Staffing, Elgin IL
Nov. 2011 to Feb. 2012

Electronic Repair Technician

• Performed troubleshooting and repair to the component level.
• Repaired video PCB’s for plasma and LCD flat panel televisions.
• Thoroughly tested PCB’s to verify the integrity of the repair.

Mitsubishi, Vernon Hills, IL - Contracted for Goldstar Solutions, Bannockburn, IL
June 2011 to Oct. 2011

Electronic Repair Technician

• Component level troubleshooting and repair on Variable Frequency drives and Inverter drives
• Recovered and restored customer parameters on these drives when possible
• Processed drives through the SAP inventory control system.

Plexus, Buffalo Grove, IL - Contracted for Goldstar Solutions, Bannockburn, IL
Jan. 2011 to May 2011

Production Associate

• Performed post-wave quality inspection and repair of PCB’s.
• Currently certified to IPC-A-610E specifications.

Motorola, Schaumburg, IL - Contracted for Insight Global, Des Plaines, IL
Jan. 2010 to Dec. 2010

Electronic Repair Technician

• Repaired PCBs with surface mount and thru-hole components on handheld radios, mobile emergency units and infrastructure boards.
• Trained on Finetech BGA replacement machine.

IPC Automation, McHenry, IL - Contracted for Express Employment Professionals, Crystal Lake, IL
June 2009 to July 2009

Electronic Technician

• Performed functional testing and adjustment of Mobile Climate controls.

Precision Zone, Wheeling, IL
July 2008 to May 2009

Technician

• Component level troubleshooting and repair of high voltage industrial drives
• Tested per written procedures.

Technical Concepts, Mundelein, IL – Contracted for The BECO Group, Park Ridge, IL
Apr. 2008 to June 2008

Technician

• Testing and troubleshooting on various automated washroom fixtures, including soap dispensers, flushers, and aerosol fragrance dispensers

MBX Systems, Wauconda, IL
May 2007 to Nov. 2007

Builder

• Assembled and tested servers. Added components, including RAM, CPU and hard drives, and wired the servers.

Baxter Healthcare, Buffalo Grove, IL - Contracted 2 yrs./Permanent 5 yrs.
Oct. 2000 to May 2007

Technician

• Repaired Colleague and Flogard volumetric infusion pumps
• Performing diagnostics on the Colleague pumps.
• Followed extensive FDA required testing to ensure each pump met specifications for safety and reliability
• Volunteered to assist engineering with ESD testing on Colleague pumps to locate sources of a set of failure codes and determine solutions.
• Tested internal pump signals to establish the effect of ESD on selected components.
• Performed the testing at Underwriters Laboratories (UL), testing ESD compatibility on various configurations of pumps, including software fixes.

EDUCATION

ITT Technical Institute, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Graduated with a Bachelor’s degree, with honors, in Electronic Engineering Technology

College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois
Graduated with an Associate degree in Electronic Engineering Technology

Sterling School of Drafting and Design
Certificate, Auto CAD 2000 Level I and II

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

Hold an Amateur Radio license, General Class
July 2022

Maintain a network of Raspberry Pi’s and other computers on a home network, with a focus on the Linux command line.
May 2015 to Present