I'm an engineer who now works as a "machine learning engineer" at a big US tech company. I only want to add that my company doesn't care at all if I have a P.Eng. I told my manager that I'm only going to maintain my professional designation if they pay the dues and they didn't have any formal policy about association dues. My manager paid it out of team budget but it was interesting that it had never occurred to the company.
For legal reasons, I think the "engineer" title is most important for companies that have a professional practice license. My company doesn't have or want one. I used to work for Stantec in the same capacity and they cared very much that I was a P.Eng because it helps their ratio of professional employees. Stantec needs to keep a professional practice license for all the engineering design work they do.
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