You can get certified as a Professional Engineer (PE) by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). The general requirements are a degree from an accredited program, passing the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, 4 years of supervision under a PE, and passing a PE exam.
As far as I know there isn't much benefit to becoming a PE as a programmer unless you are working in an industry that requires it. I have heard that some programming jobs at power companies require a PE, but I have never come across any. The National Society of Professional Engineers has a job board, but none of the programming jobs currently on it require a PE: https://careers.nspe.org/jobs/discipline/computer-software-e...
I took the FE as a part of my undergraduate degree but I don't expect that I will ever become a PE.
You can get certified as a Professional Engineer (PE) by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). The general requirements are a degree from an accredited program, passing the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, 4 years of supervision under a PE, and passing a PE exam.
Here's some information on the PE Electrical and Computer exam: https://ncees.org/engineering/pe/electrical-computer/
As far as I know there isn't much benefit to becoming a PE as a programmer unless you are working in an industry that requires it. I have heard that some programming jobs at power companies require a PE, but I have never come across any. The National Society of Professional Engineers has a job board, but none of the programming jobs currently on it require a PE: https://careers.nspe.org/jobs/discipline/computer-software-e...
I took the FE as a part of my undergraduate degree but I don't expect that I will ever become a PE.