Engineering and Ingenuity are two things that, for a long time have walked hand in hand together. Over the past two decades or so, we may have come to crossroad where we decided our technological advance would be easier achieved by leaning towards the engineering part than finding methods to achieve ingenuity. This trend kind of reverses itself with the upcoming of AI.
My take on engineering
Engineering is the appropriate use of a technology. Using it to what use it can serve best. Therefore an understanding about what the intent behind the technology is and was is crucial to fit it into a running machine or system. The more you advance further into the details of the technology the more limitations you will find.
My take on ingenuity
Original ingenuity can only come out of a state of ennui. Real creativity can't be forced or nudged. It's a deep comprehension of the topic at hand paired with a joyful play of the technology used.
How can they fit together
The analytical and more rigid part of engineering describes useful tools to tackle a problem. The explorative way of ingenious thought tears down on these rigid parts to create a new view or paradigm with which you are able to alter old strategies and tools to fit the needs at hand.