Bad Elf is Hiring
Interested in working at Bad Elf? Get in touch! We are always interested in talking with passionate people who thrive in fast-pasted environments.
We are looking for full-time employees and intern/co-op students to fill the roles listed below.
GNSS Sales Representative - Northeast Region
About the Role
Bad Elf is looking for a motivated and energetic salesperson to grow our GNSS hardware business across the Northeast. This is a hunter role—you'll be focused on finding new customers, showing them how our gear works in the field, and turning interest into sales. You'll travel regularly to meet clients, give hands-on demos, and represent Bad Elf at regional tradeshows.
What You'll Do
- Find New Customers: Identify and reach out to potential buyers in surveying, GIS, construction, and related industries.
- Show the Gear: Provide live product demonstrations that highlight how our GNSS hardware solves real-world problems.
- Attend Events: Represent Bad Elf at tradeshows and industry meetups to build awareness and generate leads.
- Close Deals: Guide prospects through the sales process—from first contact to signed purchase order.
- Stay Organized: Keep track of leads, follow-ups, and sales activity using our CRM system.
What You Bring
- 3+ years of sales experience, ideally in hardware, geospatial tech, or field-based solutions.
- Strong communication skills and confidence presenting to groups or one-on-one.
- Willingness to travel throughout the Northeast for meetings and events.
- Self-starter attitude—you’re comfortable working independently and chasing down opportunities.
- Familiarity with GNSS or GIS is a plus, but not required.
What Success Looks Like
- You're out in the field, not behind a desk.
- You're building relationships and turning cold leads into warm customers.
- You're excited by the chase and proud of the close.
- You're helping professionals work smarter with better tools—and they remember your name.
Why Join Bad Elf?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a small business to help grow Bad Elf as a leader in the GNSS field. As a Senior Salesperson, you will play a pivotal role in advancing geospatial innovation and shaping the future of our business.
Paid Internships / Co-ops (Part-time/Summer)
We’re looking for cross-discipline students pursuing degrees in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Design, Sales, or Communications. It would be helpful if you have a personal interest in using mobile devices like the iPad/iPhone in aviation, boating, or other outdoor activities.
In this role, you will work on new and existing products in a startup environment. Depending on your skills, interests, and what’s in our product pipeline, you may do some or all of the following:
- Talk with customers, resellers/distributors, or other industry partners
- Design new hardware including schematics, BOM, and PCB layout
- Assemble test fixtures and prototypes to validate new designs
- Develop application firmware, bootloaders, test fixtures
- Develop desktop and sever-side test tools
- Develop/design iOS apps to support our products
- Design product packaging, quick start guides, and marketing materials
- Attend trade shows
- Work with our manufacturing partners in Asia
We believe there is tremendous value in the internship/co-op/mentorship model, since it’s the foundation for the team that became Bad Elf. As an intern, we know you may not have much experience in the industry or your degree, and fully expect the position to be an investment by both sides. It’s a great way to learn both what you DO and DO NOT want to do for your long-term career. And if you’ve got an entrepreneurial bent, this position will give you a taste of what a profitable boot-strapped startup looks like from the inside.
We are very flexible regarding schedule, hours, start/end dates, and your school work. We expect some, but not all, internships to lead to an offer for full-time employment when you finish your degree. For students not local to the Scottsdale, AZ area you are expected to find your own housing and provide your own transportation, but we're willing to help coordinate such relocation tasks.
About You (All Positions)
- You’re a super smart engineer or designer, and enjoy problem solving.
- You’re a cool, easy going, nice person. Easy to get along with, and have a beer with.
- You care. You want things done right, and even if you you can’t achieve perfection today, you’re keeping a list of things to you want to re-visit tomorrow.
- You know when to ask for help, but you move forward to completion quickly and confidently when the path is clear.
- You’re naturally curious about new technologies and enjoy learning new things while balancing the needs of the business and project.
- You’ve built things on the side, and taken some of them to completion.
- Your co-workers or fellow classmates are often amazed at how much you accomplish.
- You have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
About Us
Bad Elf GNSS receivers deliver affordable accuracy through easy-to-use hardware supported by continuously evolving firmware, apps, and cloud services. Founded in 2010, Bad Elf created the first Made for iOS external GPS accessory and now enables high performance location services for all mobile platforms.
Bad Elf embraced the gentle nudging of our customers toward the GIS market. This brought us right back to our roots in trying to learn everything we can about this market and bring our history of integrated hardware and software engineering to create happy customers. Many people think companies go into business to create products and services, but at Bad Elf we strive to create loyal customers – the products and services exist only as a means to that end.
Our founders worked together for years in a big three letter corporation engaging closely with customers to solve hard problems. As engineers, they live to challenge themselves and learn new things about how things work in the world around them. The essence of Bad Elf revolves around having a company that feeds that yearning for learning, but without forgetting the need for earning! Since the origination of Bad Elf over a dinner conversation in Stuttgart, Germany in the fall of 2009, the founders have added to the team by finding people to help them improve and expand the business by adding their unique talents, skills, and passions in these pursuits.
How to Apply
Send your resume (or transcript, if still in school) and preferably some links to cool projects you’ve worked on to jobs@bad-elf.com. No recruiters please.