Manufacturing Cyber Security Engineer

Serve as the onsite execution partner for Manufacturing Cybersecurity, helping protect production environments while supporting continuity at the assigned General Motors plant.

Responsibilities

• Implement and sustain the Manufacturing Cybersecurity Program at the assigned plant.
• Identify, communicate, prioritize, and remediate endpoint security issues and vulnerabilities.
• Support cybersecurity incident response, investigations, recovery activities, and follow-up actions.
• Perform cybersecurity readiness assessments for new initiatives, pilots, launches, and post-launch operations.
• Coordinate cybersecurity work plans, including site readiness, resources, schedules, dependencies, and open issues.
• Partner with plant operations, IT, cybersecurity, suppliers, and global teams to implement effective cybersecurity controls.
• Apply appropriate patching and firmware-update practices for production-critical equipment and OT assets.
• Provide cybersecurity status and risk visibility to plant leadership, including remediation plans and potential downtime impacts associated with recovery activities.
• Help identify and resolve cybersecurity issues while minimizing disruption to manufacturing operations.
• Document cybersecurity assessments, remediation actions, incident follow-up, recovery activities, and operating procedures.
• Track open issues through resolution and escalate risks, dependencies, and potential production impacts on a timely basis.
• Support continuous improvement of plant cybersecurity processes, controls, and operational readiness.

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience in cybersecurity, automotive or manufacturing operations, industrial control environments, plant technology support, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity practices, including endpoint security, vulnerability management, incident response, and recovery.
• Demonstrated experience identifying, prioritizing, and remediating cybersecurity issues and vulnerabilities.
• Working knowledge of patching production-critical equipment and updating firmware on OT assets.
• Ability to execute projects, manage competing priorities, and work independently with limited supervision.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with plant operations, IT, cybersecurity, suppliers, and global stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills, including explaining cybersecurity risks, remediation plans, and potential operational impacts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to assess cybersecurity readiness for initiatives, pilots, launches, and post-launch operations.
• Sound judgment to balance cybersecurity requirements with production continuity and operational priorities.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; minimum 5 years of relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Benefits

• Relocation benefits may be available for candidates who qualify under company policy.
• Total Rewards resources available; well-being support from day one.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with manufacturing automation equipment, industrial control systems, or plant-floor technologies.
• Experience configuring, deploying, and supporting cybersecurity tools in manufacturing or OT environments.
• Experience with plant-floor disaster recovery processes, recovery testing, or operational resilience planning.
• Experience supporting automotive manufacturing operations.
• Familiarity with PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, industrial networks, or comparable OT systems.
• Experience coordinating cybersecurity controls and remediation activities across multiple plant or enterprise stakeholders.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks, vulnerability-management practices, and OT security standards.

Immigration Sponsorship

• GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role.

Onsite Details

• Onsite role: expected to report to the specified location on a full-time basis.
• Location: Lansing, MI (onsite).

Accommodations

• General Motors provides opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities.
• For reasonable accommodation requests, email or call 1-800-865-7580 with the specific accommodation request details, plus the job title and requisition number.