Not sure if you're an Engineer or not. But it's very common to have people involved in the engineering process e.g. Business Analysts, Project Managers, Tester

Not sure if you're an Engineer or not. But it's very common to have people involved in the engineering process e.g. Business Analysts, Project Managers, Testers who have a deep understanding of how things work. And by all accounts have excellent technical capability. That doesn't mean they have the ability to design or build the thing though.