Product Cybersecurity Engineer, Secure Product Engineering

General Motors Corporation; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Relocation benefits

Job summary

General Motors Corporation seeks a Product Cybersecurity Engineer to serve as a hands-on contributor within Secure Product Engineering, shaping secure software and systems as GM products move through development.

You will build tooling, patterns, and guardrails, mentor engineers, and lead by example, influencing security across embedded vehicle software, mobile experiences, and backend services.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of cybersecurity experience in application security or product security.
• Proven ability to influence and mentor engineers without direct authority.
• Strong expertise in secure software engineering and practical guidance.
• Experience with SAST, DAST, fuzzing, code reviews, and secure SDLC workflows.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on contributor across secure software engineering, driving outcomes within engineering teams.
• Design, build, and mature secure engineering services for GM products.
• Partner with product engineering teams to implement secure coding practices.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Application security

Leadership influence

Secure SDLC

Programming languages

Tools

SAST tools

DAST tools

Fuzzing tooling

Job description

## The RoleThe Product Cybersecurity Engineer, Secure Product Engineering is a senior individual contributor within the Secure Product Engineering pillar of the broader Product Cybersecurity organization at General Motors. Through close, hands-on partnership with product engineering teams, this engineer helps ensure that software and systems are implemented securely as products move through the build phase of development. As a technical contributor and emerging leader, this role builds tooling, patterns, and secure-engineering capabilities—and provides technical guidance and workflows—that help secure software and systems engineering scale across GM's product portfolio, spanning embedded vehicle software, mobile experiences, and other key software & services. This is a technically deep, execution-focused role. Influence is earned through technical credibility, collaboration, mentorship, and leading by example rather than through people management. ## What You'll Do* Serve as a hands-on technical contributor across secure software and systems engineering, driving outcomes through direct execution and influence within engineering teams* Design, build, and mature secure engineering services and capabilities for GM products* Establish close, embedded partnerships with product engineering teams to support and directly contribute to secure implementation* Implement and mature SAST, DAST, fuzzing, runtime security, and OS security hardening of core code bases* Author technical guidance, reusable patterns, and guardrails, and help roll them out across product environments* Perform in-depth secure code review and partner with adjacent teams to improve tooling and carry security requirements into engineering* Mentor and support engineers across the pillar, helping reinforce a high technical bar through example and pairing ## Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)* 4+ years of cybersecurity experience with roles in application security, product security, or similar* Demonstrated technical leadership and influence in relevant security or engineering-focused roles—contributing to initiatives without formal authority, mentoring engineers, and helping shape technical direction* Strong experience with application security, secure software engineering, and practical technical guidance* Experience with SAST, DAST, fuzzing, code review, and secure SDLC workflows across platforms* Able to read and write software in multiple programming languages to personally build tooling and support the team's execution* Works closely with engineering teams to materially improve security without unnecessary friction ## What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)* Prior role(s) in the automotive industry or a similarly complex, deadline-driven, and regulated field* Published cybersecurity research projects (e.g. conference talks, blog posts, code repositories)* Familiarity with embedded software/OS security, mobile applications, and backend development* Have previously built custom security tooling and/or extended functionality in related technologies ## What You'll Bring* A high-ownership, hands-on style with strong product instincts and a pragmatic security mindset* A commitment to internal customer partnership and technically credible security support* Deep technical expertise that enables clear guidance, effective mentorship, and thoughtful technical planning* The ability to manage multiple complex priorities with clear milestones and measurable outcomes* A bias toward scalable improvement that strengthens Secure Product Engineering over timeGM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.