You might earn the title of Engineer in Training or Professional Engineer or Chartered Engineer or Incorporated Engineer, but "engineer" on its own is generic a

You might earn the title of Engineer in Training or Professional Engineer or Chartered Engineer or Incorporated Engineer, but "engineer" on its own is generic and applies to anyone who uses "scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to design and develop solutions for technological systems problems." [1] Programmers can indeed be engineers. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer