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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 GM Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all. Why Join Us We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. 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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
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

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What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

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