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About the Role

The Privacy by Design Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and operationalizing privacy controls that embed privacy, data protection, and regulatory compliance into enterprise data platforms, analytics solutions, AI systems, digital products, and vehicle technologies. This role serves as a technical practitioner within a dedicated Privacy Engineering function, ensuring privacy requirements are incorporated early, consistently, and at scale throughout the software development lifecycle. The engineer collaborates closely with Legal, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Governance, Product, and Vehicle Engineering teams to translate regulatory obligations, corporate policies, and privacy risk requirements into practical, reusable technical controls and engineering solutions. This role focuses on building privacy capabilities that enable the compliant use of personal, sensitive, and regulated data while minimizing risk, improving audit readiness, and supporting innovation. This role explicitly includes responsibility for privacy-by-design implementations involving vehicle-generated data and vehicle software systems.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain privacy-by-design solutions across enterprise platforms and vehicle systems.
Engineer privacy controls that protect personal, sensitive, and regulated data throughout its lifecycle.
Build and operationalize privacy-enhancing technologies and reusable privacy services.
Design and develop technical privacy solutions for current, emerging, and strategic enterprise and vehicle programs.
Analyze business, data, and system requirements to identify privacy risks and control requirements.
Perform detailed design analysis and recommend privacy-by-design implementation approaches.
Develop technical specifications and engineering artifacts for privacy capabilities.
Participate in software design reviews and provide privacy engineering guidance.
Support development teams with implementation and troubleshooting of privacy controls.
Contribute to the correction of software design issues and privacy-related defects.
Communicate privacy engineering best practices across the software engineering community.
Serve as a Privacy Engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME) within assigned programs and initiatives.
Implement privacy-preserving solutions such as: Pseudonymization and alternate identifiers, Tokenization and encryption, Data masking and obfuscation, Consent and preference management controls, Access control and authorization mechanisms, Data minimization solutions, Data loss prevention (DLP) integrations, Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs).
Embed privacy requirements into data, analytics, AI, software, and vehicle development processes.
Partner with engineering teams to integrate privacy controls into applications, platforms, APIs, and data pipelines.
Collaborate with product and platform teams to ensure privacy requirements are addressed during solution design and development.
Support privacy reviews and solution assessments for new initiatives and technologies.
Contribute to privacy engineering standards, reference architectures, frameworks, and best practices.
Translate regulatory, policy, and governance requirements into technical implementation requirements.
Support privacy impact assessments, control validation activities, and compliance reviews.
Create technical documentation and implementation guidance for engineering teams.
Support audits, regulatory reviews, and compliance assessments through implementation of demonstrable technical controls.
Assist in gathering evidence and documenting privacy control effectiveness.
Monitor privacy controls and support remediation of identified risks or gaps.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
7+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, cybersecurity, architecture, or related technical disciplines.
Experience implementing privacy, security, data protection, or governance controls.
Strong understanding of Privacy by Design principles and data protection concepts.
Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders including Legal, Privacy, Compliance, Cybersecurity, or Data Governance teams.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and software development skills.
Experience implementing privacy engineering, security engineering, or governance solutions in enterprise environments.
Familiarity with global privacy regulations and frameworks including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and similar data protection requirements.
Experience with cloud platforms, enterprise data platforms, analytics ecosystems, and API architectures.
Experience supporting AI, machine learning, or data platform solutions with embedded governance controls.
Experience with connected vehicle, automotive software, or embedded engineering environments.
Knowledge of privacy-enhancing technologies, consent management, and data lifecycle management practices.

Skills

Privacy by Design
Data Protection
Regulatory Compliance
Software Development Lifecycle
Privacy Engineering
Data Platforms
Analytics Solutions
AI Systems
Digital Products
Vehicle Technologies
Cybersecurity
Data Governance
Vehicle Engineering
Pseudonymization
Tokenization
Encryption
Data Masking
Data Obfuscation
Consent Management
Access Control
Data Minimization
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs)
APIs
Data Pipelines
GDPR
CCPA/CPRA
Cloud Platforms
Machine Learning
Connected Vehicle
Automotive Software
Embedded Engineering
Consent Management
Data Lifecycle Management

Location

Warren Global Technical Center
Austin Technical Center

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

7+ years of experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.

Salary/Compensations

$171,700 - $220,500

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Retirement savings plan
Sickness and accident benefits
Life insurance
Paid vacation & holidays
Tuition assistance programs
Employee assistance program
GM vehicle discounts
Relocation benefits may be eligible
Company vehicle evaluation program

About the Company

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.
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. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Equal Opportunity

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities.
Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment.
General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us or call us at 1-800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.