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During college while working for the state air resources board, I passed my EIT test. I was given the title of “environmental engineer” before I got my degree. After graduation I got a job with the skunk works as a “hydro-mechanical engineer.” When I asked if they would sponsor me to for a PE license. It wasn’t important in aerospace back then. They prefer years experience within the engineering discipline or a MS degree. With that went clout and you moved up in pay grades. When I went to McDonnell Douglas on commercial planes most of us had MS or MBA degrees. However years of experience or having design authority by means of FAA certification was more important. We all worked under some department sign that stated mechanical, structures, avionics,…”engineering.” So I believe I am an “engineer”. (Retired now).

With that said I worked with several people who earned many patents that didn’t have an engineering degree. They were well respected brilliant self-taught “engineers.” I on the other hand have a degree in Hydro-mechanical engineering with a minor in physics. But I am no physicist.