I have an engineering degree but I work as a technician for an aerospace company. To me, the difference between an engineer and a technician is this: As a tech

I have an engineering degree but I work as a technician for an aerospace company. To me, the difference between an engineer and a technician is this: As a technician, if I see something that looks wrong in a product, I point it out and make a report. But it's the engineer that makes the decision to fix it or to Use-As-Is. If that part fails and kills someone, the responsibility is on the engineer that signed off, not me that did the work. That's the core of being an engineer I think, taking the end responsibility for a product.