Inside Sales Applications Engineer

Inside Sales Applications Engineer Job Description

Lone Star Turbo is a global manufacturer and service provider specializing in blower and compressor technologies and control systems. Our fast-paced yet casual work environment is team-orientedand flexible. We believe in empowerment, innovation, integrity, and safety, working together to achieve remarkable results. We expect the best, hold each other accountable, and celebrate our wins as a teamIf you’re a driven, detail-oriented professional looking for more than just a job, but a career in a company that values your contributions, we want to hear from you!

Position Summary

Lone Star Logics is seeking an Inside Sales Applications Engineer to turn customer needs and RFQs into proposals for custom control, instrument, and electrical integration projects. Projects include control panels, PLC/HMI packages, motor control, VFDs, remote I/O, packaged systems, and related field work. This role focuses on developing a clear, buildable scope and quote.

Job Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Review RFQs, specifications, drawings, and customer emails for custom controls and integration work.
• Clarify what is included in the scope, what is assumed, and what must be answered before a quote is issued.
• Select an approach for enclosures, power distribution, PLC/HMI platforms, motor control, and I/O.
• Build complete quotes, including bills of material, labor, lead time, exceptions, and a technical description for the customer.
• Work with Panel Design, Programming, and the Shop to ensure quoted hours and hardware match how Lone Star builds the work.
• Support the outside salesperson or account owner with technical questions, bid reviews, and revisions.
• Hand awarded work to Project Management and Engineering with the quote, exceptions, and open items documented.

Required Education: Associate or bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, or Industrial Distribution, or equivalent estimating or applications experience.

Skills and Qualifications (Required)

• Three or more years quoting, estimating, or providing applications engineering for industrial control panels, automation, or electrical integration.
• Ability to read specifications, P&IDs or control narratives, one-line diagrams, and panel drawings to identify missing scope.
• Ability to build and explain a bill of material and labor-hours estimate.
• Strong written proposal skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with PLC/HMI platforms and industrial hardware, particularly Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Phoenix Contact, or Modicon.

Benefits: Waiting period may apply

• 401(k) match
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Employer pays 100% employee health insurance and advantageous family medical coverage
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance
• Steel-toe boot and prescription PPE eyewear allowance

Schedule: Full-Time

Travel: Limited; generally for bid walks or technical meetings

Work Location: 8883 West Monroe Rd, Houston, Texas 77061

Company's website:www.lonestarturbo.com

Work Remotely: No

Compensation: $65,000–$95,000

Lone Star Turbo is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Lone Star’s employment policy strictly prohibitsdiscrimination against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status.

Lone Star Turbo is a manufacturing and service company growing at a rate of 25-30% year over year. We have a fun, casual, fast-paced and thriving work culture applying a team approach in all we do. We need likeminded people to join us in making our company something great.