An engineer is a professional practitioner in various disciplines of engineering. Engineer may also refer to: Occupations Audio engineer or sound mixer, an operator of recording, broadcasting and mixing consoles Flight engineer, an operator of aircraft systems Engine officer, also called an engineer, an operator of propulsion systems in the engine department of a ship Railroad engineer, an operator of a locomotive Stationary engineer, an operator of boilers, turbines and generators Engineer officer, a type of military officer in charge of military engineering A soldier who performs building, digging, repairing and similar work: Combat engineer Pioneer (military) Sapper Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters Engineer (comics), the title of two Wildstorm comics characters Engineer (Team Fortress 2), a playable class in the video game Engineers, a race of aliens, forerunners of humanity, from the 2012 film Prometheus The Engineer (comics), a comics character and a member of The Authority (superhero team) Music Groups Engineer (band), an American metal band Engineers (band), a British rock band Albums Engineers (Engineers album), 2005 Engineers (Gary Numan album), 1980 Other arts, entertainment, and media Engineer (film), a Tamil language film originally slated to be released in 1999 The Engineer (UK magazine), a United Kingdom magazine first published 1856 Engineer (US magazine), a magazine published by the U.S. Army Engineer School The Western Electric Engineer, also published as The Engineer, by Western Electric School-related Engineer's degree, a graduate degree ranking higher than Master of Philosophy but lower than Doctor of Philosophy Engineer, a student or alumnus of Brooklyn Technical High School Engineer, an alumnus of one of the French Grandes Écoles MIT Engineers, the name of Massachusetts Institute of Technology sports teams RPI Engineers, the name of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute sports teams Other uses Engineer (name) Engineer (horse), an English Thoroughbred stallion The Engineer (inn), an inn in Cambridge subsequently renamed The Crown and then The Flying Pig