I like to emphasize in all of the cross-functional meetings that the engineers are stakeholders, not resources. This is cultural thing, and it helps to point it

I like to emphasize in all of the cross-functional meetings that the engineers are stakeholders, not resources. This is cultural thing, and it helps to point it out often. If engineers don't have representation at the design/product meetings to voice these concerns/costs, that is creating a structural problem that will continually compound/ratchet up the cost of future development as tech debt increases. I don't join a company unless they clearly understand both of these things.