My credentials are that I have a degree in mechanical engineering, I am now a chartered engineer (probably means nothing in your neck of the woods) and then took a masters in embedded systems engineering - I am sure you know all about embedded systems.

Anyway, I completely agree with your post regarding traditional engineering. I do have a problem with engineering provided by Tesla, where the car self drives, where you can call the car to drive to you to pick you up. That is modern engineering and, like modern science, it is not the same as traditional engineering.