Engineer alone is not a protected term in the US. &quot;Professional Engineer&quot; is.<p>As of 2012 you can take the PE Exam for Software Engineering [1].<p>[1]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ncees.org&#x2F;about-ncees&#x2F;news&#x2F;ncees-introduces-pe-exam-for-software-engineering&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ncees.org&#x2F;about-ncees&#x2F;news&#x2F;ncees-introduces-pe-exam-f...</a>