engineer, applied scientist, technologist (noun)

a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

engineer, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer, engine driver (verb)

the operator of a railway locomotive

engineer (verb)

design as an engineer

"He engineered the water supply project"

mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate (verb)

plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

"he masterminded the robbery"

engineer (Noun)

A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.

engineer (Noun)

A person trained in a natural science that applies such knowledge towards a practical objective.

engineer (Noun)

A person who, given a practical scientific problem involving the physical world and a specific set of goals and constraints, finds a technical solution to the problem that satisfies those goals within those constraints. The goals and constraints may be technical, social, or business related.

engineer (Noun)

A person who operates an engine (such as a locomotive).

engineer (Verb)

To design, construct or manage something as an engineer.

engineer (Verb)

To alter or construct something by means of genetic engineering.

engineer (Verb)

To plan or achieve some goal by contrivance or guile; to wangle or finagle.

Engineer

An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics, and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety, and cost. The word engineer is derived from the Latin roots ingeniare and ingenium. Engineers are grounded in applied sciences, and their work in research and development is distinct from the basic research focus of scientists. The work of engineers forms the link between scientific discoveries and their subsequent applications to human needs and quality of life.

Engineer

Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost. The word engineer (Latin ingeniator) is derived from the Latin words ingeniare ("to contrive, devise") and ingenium ("cleverness"). The foundational qualifications of an engineer typically include a four-year bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, or in some jurisdictions, a master's degree in an engineering discipline plus four to six years of peer-reviewed professional practice (culminating in a project report or thesis) and passage of engineering board examinations. The work of engineers forms the link between scientific discoveries and their subsequent applications to human and business needs and quality of life.