Engineer alone is not a protected term in the US. "Professional Engineer" is. As of 2012 you can take the PE Exam for Software Engineering [1]. [1]: http://nc

Engineer alone is not a protected term in the US. "Professional Engineer" is. As of 2012 you can take the PE Exam for Software Engineering [1]. [1]: http://ncees.org/about-ncees/news/ncees-introduces-pe-exam-for-software-engineering/ http://ncees.org/about-ncees/news/ncees-introduces-pe-exam-f...