General Motors

Staff Product Cybersecurity Engineer - Offensive Product Security

General Motors • $120K — $145K *
Milford, MI 48381In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in penetration testing or product security roles
  • Deep expertise in offensive security testing across various environments
  • Experience with red-team activities and vulnerability research
  • Familiarity with embedded systems, OS security, and application security
  • Proficient in multiple programming languages for investigation and tooling
  • Strong communication skills for collaborating with engineering teams

Responsibilities

  • Perform penetration testing on software, systems, and products
  • Conduct targeted security research to identify technology risks
  • Execute offensive assessments in embedded, mobile, and backend environments
  • Identify vulnerabilities, assess impact, and recommend remediation
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance security practices
  • Strengthen offensive security methods, tools, and testing approaches

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment with requirement to report in-office regularly
  • Potential relocation benefits available
  • Opportunity to contribute to a vital area of cybersecurity in the automotive sector
  • Engagement with cutting-edge technology in product security
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Job Description

The Role

The Staff Product Cybersecurity Engineer, Offensive Product Security role sits within the broader Product Cybersecurity organization at General Motors and focuses on offensive security services that help strengthen confidence in the security of our product portfolio. Through penetration testing, red-team activity, and security research, this engineer helps identify meaningful weaknesses in software, systems, and product implementations across embedded vehicle software, mobile experiences, and product-backed software and services. This role works closely with product teams to assess real-world attack paths, validate risk, and provide actionable findings that help find areas to mature in our secure SDLC.

What You'll Do
  • Perform penetration testing across software, systems, and product environments
  • Conduct security research that targets meaningful product and technology risks
  • Execute offensive assessments across embedded, mobile, and backend environments
  • Identify vulnerabilities, validate impact, and provide clear remediation guidance
  • Partner with engineering teams to improve security through practical technical findings
  • Help strengthen offensive methods, tooling, and testing approaches across the portfolio


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

  • 8+ years of experience in penetration testing, product security, security research, or similar roles
  • Deep expertise in offensive security testing across applications, software, and systems
  • Experience with penetration testing, red-team activity, vulnerability research, and exploit validation
  • Familiarity with embedded security, operating system security, application security, and networking
  • Able to read-and-write software in a variety of languages to support investigation and tooling
  • Strong ability to communicate technical findings and work directly with engineers on remediation


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
  • Direct experience working on automotive security in any relevant role across the secure SDLC
  • Published cybersecurity research projects (e.g. conference talks, blog posts, code repositories)
  • Experience building custom offensive tooling or extending existing security testing capabilities


What You'll Bring
  • Deep technical curiosity and strong offensive security instincts across complex product focuses
  • A rigorous and detail-oriented approach to technical investigation and exploit validation
  • Clear judgment on risk, exploitability, and practical impact across software and systems
  • The ability to work independently on complex technical problems and ambiguous attack surfaces
  • A commitment to helping engineers improve security through detailed, risk-ranked findings


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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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