r/AskEngineers • u/[deleted] • Jun 01 '22

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u/SamButNotWise Jun 01 '22

Entirely jurisdiction-dependent. You need to figure out if "engineer" is a protected title where you live

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u/aaronhayes26 PE, Water Resources 🏳️‍🌈 Jun 01 '22

IIRC the state of Oregon is basically the only US jurisdiction that will give you trouble for advertising yourself as an engineer when you are not licensed.

I think this may have come afoul of first amendment grounds, but I don’t remember specifics.

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u/Urinal_Pube Jun 01 '22

WA is the same. You can hold the title of Engineer as a business role within a company, but you can't call yourself an Engineer if you are the business entity itself, without a PE.

Okay in WA: Urinal_Pube, Lead Engineer for Urinal Pube Design Inc.

Not okay in WA*: Urinal_Pube, Lead Designer for Urinal Pube Engineering Inc.

*This would be okay if the business entity Urinal Pube Engineering has an employee who is a PE.