General Motors

Senior Product Cybersecurity Engineer

General Motors • $100K — $130K *
Milford, MI 48381In-Person
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, focusing on product security or threat modeling.
  • Proven expertise in threat modeling, TARA, and security analysis for complex products.
  • Experience assessing security for embedded systems, mobile applications, and connected platforms.
  • Strong collaboration with product and engineering teams for secure design influences.
  • Excellent communication skills for translating technical issues into practical solutions.
  • Ability to review software, APIs, protocols, and support technical assessments.

Responsibilities

  • Perform threat modeling and TARA activities across various products and system changes.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams during design discussions.
  • Identify security risks and suggest feasible actions that align with product objectives.
  • Translate product details and attack perspectives into actionable security requirements.
  • Provide assessments and security rationale to architecture and engineering teams.
  • Enhance threat assessment methods and create reusable artifacts for the team.
  • Promote consistent security assessment practices across the product portfolio.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model allowing flexible working arrangements.
  • Potential eligibility for relocation benefits.
  • Opportunity to drive impactful security measures in vehicle technology.
  • Access to professional development resources and training opportunities.
  • Join a collaborative culture that values risk management and innovation.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Role:

The Senior Product Cybersecurity Engineer, Product Threat Assessment role sits within the broader Product Cybersecurity organization at General Motors and is responsible for driving early cybersecurity decision-making during product development. Through threat modeling, product threat assessment, and Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment (TARA) activities, this engineer leads the identification of product risks and the definition of security requirements across embedded vehicle software, mobile experiences, and connected software and services. This role provides technical assessments and security direction that inform downstream architecture, engineering, and validation work.

What You'll Do:
  • Perform threat modeling and TARA activities across products, features, and system changes
  • Partner with product and engineering teams during design and architecture discussions
  • Identify security risks and recommend practical mitigations that align with product goals
  • Translate product context, assumptions, and attacker perspectives into actionable security requirements
  • Provide architecture, engineering, and validation teams with clear assessment inputs and security rationale
  • Contribute to the improvement of threat assessment methods, templates, and reusable artifacts across the team
  • Help drive consistent security assessment practices across the product portfolio


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):
  • 5+ years of cybersecurity experience with roles in product security, threat modeling, or similar areas
  • Strong experience with threat modeling, TARA, and structured security analysis for complex products
  • Ability to assess security considerations across embedded systems, mobile applications, and connected platforms
  • Experience working with product and engineering teams to influence secure design decisions early in development
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concerns into practical guidance
  • Ability to review software, APIs, protocols, and system designs to support technical assessments


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
  • Familiarity with embedded software, operating systems, mobile applications, and cloud services
  • Experience applying ISO/SAE 21434, TARA methods, attack trees, or similar risk frameworks
  • Experience contributing to security guidance, assessment patterns, or reusable technical documentation


What You'll Bring:
  • Strong technical judgment and a structured approach to early security analysis
  • Comfort working in product development environments where ambiguity is present
  • A practical mindset that helps teams address security concerns while maintaining delivery momentum
  • Clear communication that connects technical findings to design and engineering decisions
  • A collaborative approach and a willingness to build repeatable inputs for the broader product security lifecycle


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GM 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}.This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

About General Motors

General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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