Product Cybersecurity Engineer, Secure Product Engineering

Job Description The Role The 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 time GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship no