Outside Sales - Ignition

Outside Sales — Ignition & Controls

Sell the ignition and controls technology running the engines that keep the Permian producing — backed by our position as a leading Altronic distributor.

THE OPPORTUNITY

As Outside Sales — Ignition & Controls, you'll drive sales growth for the company's ignition, controls, automation, and instrumentation solutions across an assigned territory. This is a technical outside sales role — you'll work directly with customer operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to understand equipment applications and recommend solutions, partnering closely with our technical and field service teams along the way.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Drive sales growth across ignition systems, controls, automation, instrumentation, and monitoring/shutdown systems
• Develop and execute an annual territory sales plan against assigned targets and KPIs
• Build relationships across customer operations, maintenance, engineering, and purchasing
• Identify and develop opportunities involving Altronic ignition and control products specifically
• Partner with company field service technicians and technical support to scope and execute opportunities
• Maintain a disciplined pipeline and forecast through the company's CRM

WHAT YOU BRING

• Experience in technical sales, field service, instrumentation & controls, automation, or natural gas compression
• Altronic ignition and control systems experience highly desirable
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, instrumentation, automation, or electronics preferred — or equivalent hands-on experience
• Strong technical/mechanical aptitude and the ability to translate it into a sales conversation
• Willingness to travel regularly throughout the territory (up to 75%)

COMPENSATION

• Competitive base salary plus a variable commission plan designed to reward performance
• Commission pays out quarterly, from dollar one — no threshold to clear before you start earning
• Meaningful upside built in for top performers who exceed target

BENEFITS

• Medical coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, with a choice of three plans (two HDHP/HSA options and a PPO copay plan)
• Company HSA contributions — seed money plus an ongoing match once your own contributions catch up
• Dental and vision coverage
• Company-paid Basic Life & AD&D, and company-paid Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary short-term disability, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost — counseling, legal/financial guidance, and more
• 401k plan
• Company vehicle and phone

Full plan details available upon offer.

WHY WORK WITH US

• A private-equity-backed platform on a clear growth trajectory — real investment, real runway
• Leadership that's building a modern, technology-forward sales organization (including hands-on use of AI tools)
• A collegial, team-first culture that respects technical expertise — not a place where salespeople operate as lone wolves
• Relocation to the Permian will be supported for the right candidate

If you can talk ignition systems and controls as fluently as you can talk business, let's connect.