Editing Engineer (section)

=== North America  ===

==== Canada ====
In Canada, engineering is a regulated profession whose practice and practitioners are licensed and governed by law.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Engineers Canada |url=https://engineerscanada.ca/about/about-engineers-canada |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=engineerscanada.ca |publisher=Engineers Canada}}</ref> Licensed professional engineers are referred to as P.Eng. Many Canadian engineers wear an [[Iron Ring]].<ref>"[https://ironring.ca/home-en/ The Calling of an Engineer]", ''[[The Corporation of the Seven Wardens]]'', Retrieved November 29, 2022</ref>

In all Canadian provinces, the title "Professional Engineer" is protected by law and any non-licensed individual or company using the title is committing a legal offence and is subject to fines and restraining orders.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 May 2015 |title=Engineering licensing body clarifies the use of the term "engineer" following reported dismissal of Hydro One employee |url=https://www.peo.on.ca/engineering-licensing-body-clarifies-use-term-engineer-following-reported-dismissal-hydro-one |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408064317/https://www.peo.on.ca/engineering-licensing-body-clarifies-use-term-engineer-following-reported-dismissal-hydro-one |archive-date=8 April 2022 |access-date=15 July 2020 |website=peo.on.ca |publisher=[[Professional Engineers Ontario]] |language=en}}</ref> Contrary to insistence from the Professional Engineers Ontario ("PEO") and Engineers Canada, use of the title "Engineer" itself has been found by Canadian law to be acceptable by those not holding P.Eng. titles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Assn. of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (Council of) v. Merhej, 2003 ABCA 360 (CanLII)|url=https://canlii.ca/t/1g18s|access-date=2022-11-29}}</ref><ref>Section (3)(f) of the [https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90p28 Professional Engineer Act of Ontario] does not prevent people form using the title Engineer. (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to prevent a person, (f)&nbsp;from using the title "engineer" or an abbreviation of that title in a manner that is authorized or required by an Act or regulation. It does prevent Professional Engineer title under section 2 of the act.</ref>

The title of engineer is not exclusive to P.Eng titles. The title of Engineer is commonly held by "[[Software engineering|Software Engineer]]",<ref>{{Cite web |title=Computer Software Engineer in Canada {{!}} Job requirements - Job Bank |url=http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/explore_career/job_market_report/job_requirement_report.xhtml |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.jobbank.gc.ca |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> the [[Canadian Armed Forces|Canadian Military]] as various ranks and positions,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who Are We? {{!}} Canadian Military Engineers |url=https://cmea-agmc.ca/who-are-we |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=cmea-agmc.ca}}</ref> [[Railway engineering|railway locomotive engineers]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Train Engineer in Canada {{!}} Labour Market Facts and Figures - Job Bank |url=http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/explore_career/job_market_report/summary_occupation_report.xhtml |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.jobbank.gc.ca |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Stationary engineer]] and [[Aircraft maintenance engineer (Canada)|Aircraft Maintenance Engineers]] (AME), all of which do not commonly hold a P.Eng. designation.

==== United States ====
[[File:Kitty Joyner - Electrical Engineer - GPN-2000-001933.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Kitty Joyner|Kitty O'Brien Joyner]], electrical engineer at [[NASA]] (1952)]]
In the United States, the practice of professional engineering is highly regulated and the title "professional engineer" is legally protected, meaning that it is unlawful to use it to offer engineering services to the public unless permission, certification or other official endorsement is specifically granted by that state through a professional engineering license.<ref name="whatis">{{cite web |title=What is a PE? |url=https://www.nspe.org/resources/licensure/what-pe |access-date=May 19, 2022 |website=[[National Society of Professional Engineers]] |language=en-US}}</ref>