An engineer in a dream represents orderliness, practicality and strategic thinking.
If you dream that you are an engineer, or if an engineer appears in your dream, it can mean that you need to approach to a problem in a more orderly, well thought out manner.
You may dream about an engineer when you feel that you life is very chaotic and you desire more order, or when you feel that you need more control over your emotions.
If you dream that something is being engineered, you may feel that you are being controlled or manipulated, or you may desire to control or manipulate something else.
A dream that you are an engineer, or that you are engineering something, can be is a sign that you have hidden abilities that you can use to your advantage if you learn how to recognize and nourish them.