While I was undertaking my M.eng undergrad, I once asked a senior prof how I could integrate my mechanical engineering education with my software skills and he

While I was undertaking my M.eng undergrad, I once asked a senior prof how I could integrate my mechanical engineering education with my software skills and he answered that there were no programming opportunities in mechanical other than in mathematical modelling and CAD software. That ultimately led me to dropout and focus on the general front end and app dev jobs you cite. I bet the engineering license aught to be a boon for certain positions though.