That makes him an engineer?
Unless you present your engineering qualifications that are of equivalent credibility as that of the aforementioned people, as well as present evidence that you've worked with him as closely with Elon Musk as some of these folks have, I'll stick with my conclusion that, yes, he's indubitably an engineer.
[0]: https://youtu.be/PlLmdTcsAWU?t=1439
[1]: https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1038832124747571200...
[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNG6ZzDh9C8&t=390s, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/26/spacex...
[3] https://twitter.com/lexfridman/status/1225875212559933442?la...