General Motors

Senior Product Cybersecurity Engineer, Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT)

General Motors$110K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years in product security, security engineering, or incident response
  • Hands-on software, firmware, or systems vulnerability analysis experience
  • Familiarity with vulnerability classes, CVEs/CVSS, and coordinated disclosure
  • Proficient in multiple programming languages for analysis and guidance
  • Experience collaborating with engineering and product teams for effective remediation
  • Strong communication skills for diverse audiences

Responsibilities

  • Investigate and triage product security reports across various platforms
  • Analyze exploitability and customer impact, recommending severity and treatment
  • Collaborate on remediation plans and validation timelines
  • Validate fixes and mitigations to ensure quality resolution
  • Enhance PSIRT processes, playbooks, and tools for better consistency and speed
  • Coordinate with PSOC, SOC, bug bounty programs, and legal on incidents

Benefits

  • Hybrid work structure with in-office requirements
  • Potential eligibility for relocation benefits
Full Job Description

Job Description

The Role

The Senior Product Cybersecurity Engineer, Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) role sits within the broader Product Cybersecurity organization at General Motors and focuses on responding to and managing product security vulnerabilities across GM’s portfolio. Through rigorous investigation, technical risk analysis, and close collaboration with engineering and cross-functional partners, this engineer helps ensure that product security issues are triaged, remediated, and learned from in a consistent and defensible way.

What You'll Do

  • Investigate and triage product security reports across vehicle, mobile, API, and backend software

  • Analyze exploitability, customer impact, and risk, and recommend severity and treatment

  • Partner with product and engineering teams on remediation plans, timelines, and validation

  • Validate fixes and mitigations to ensure vulnerabilities are resolved with sufficient quality

  • Contribute to PSIRT processes, playbooks, and tooling to improve consistency and response speed

  • Work as part of PSOC and closely with SOC, bug bounty, disclosure, and legal on product incidents

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

  • 6+ years of direct experience in product security, security engineering, and/or incident response

  • Hands-on experience analyzing software, firmware, or system vulnerabilities and exploitability

  • Familiarity with common vulnerability classes, CVEs/CVSS, and coordinated disclosure practices

  • Able to read and write software in multiple languages for analysis and remediation guidance

  • Experience working with engineering and product teams to drive timely, effective remediation

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

  • Experience with automotive, embedded, or connected product environments

  • Prior experience in a PSIRT, PSOC, or similar product-focused security response function

  • Experience building or using tools and dashboards for vulnerability intake, tracking, and reporting

  • Experience contributing to internal / external security advisories and customer communications

What You'll Bring

  • A calm, structured approach to handling security issues under time pressure

  • Strong judgment on risk, prioritization, and what is materially important to fix

  • A collaborative style that builds trust with engineers and cross-functional partners

  • A bias toward clear action, closure, and learning from each incident or vulnerability

  • A focus on improving PSIRT processes and tooling so security response gets better 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 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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Join the dynamic team at General Motors, a global leader in automotive innovation and technology. At General Motors, we offer unparalleled job opportunities that propel your career forward while contributing to a legacy of engineering excellence.

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