Plant Cybersecurity Engineer: OT & Manufacturing

General Motors; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors seeks a Manufacturing Cybersecurity Engineer to serve as the plant's primary cybersecurity execution partner, embedding a program to protect production systems. You will lead remediation efforts, support incident response and disaster recovery, and collaborate with plant operations, IT, suppliers, and global teams to balance risk with production continuity.

The role requires hands‑on execution, strong prioritization, and the ability to work with limited supervision across complex

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; 5+ years of relevant work experience may substitute for degree.
• Experience in cybersecurity within automotive/manufacturing environments or industrial control settings.
• Knowledge of endpoint security, vulnerabilities, incident response, and recovery processes.
• Experience identifying, prioritizing, and remediating cybersecurity issues and vulnerabilities.
• Experience patching production‑critical equipment and updating firmware on OT assets.

Responsibilities

• Implement and sustain the Manufacturing Cybersecurity Program at the assigned GM plant.
• Identify, communicate, prioritize, and remediate endpoint security issues and vulnerabilities.
• Support cybersecurity incident response, investigations, recovery activities, and follow‑up actions.
• Conduct cybersecurity readiness assessments for new initiatives, pilots, launches, and post‑launch operations.
• Coordinate cybersecurity work plans, site‑readiness activities, resources, schedules, dependencies, and open issues.
• Partner with plant operations, IT, cybersecurity, suppliers, and global teams to implement effective cybersecurity controls.
• Apply appropriate patching and firmware update practices for production‑critical equipment and OT assets.
• Communicate cybersecurity status, risks, downtime impacts, remediation plans, and recovery activities to leadership and stakeholders.
• Document assessments, remediation actions, incident follow‑ups, recovery activities, and operating procedures.
• Track open issues through resolution and escalate risks, dependencies, and potential production impacts timely.
• Support continuous improvement of plant cybersecurity processes, controls, and operational readiness.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Endpoint security

Vulnerability management

Incident response

OT/ICS security

Patch management

Project coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

OT security tools

Job description

General Motors seeks a Manufacturing Cybersecurity Engineer to serve as the plant's primary cybersecurity execution partner, embedding a program to protect production systems. You will lead remediation efforts, support incident response and disaster recovery, and collaborate with plant operations, IT, suppliers, and global teams to balance risk with production continuity.

The role requires hands‑on execution, strong prioritization, and the ability to work with limited supervision across complex