Several meanings but among these is a new occupation / department that is affiliated or works with world-wide
engineering and departments of rewrite.
For example: low-tech hackers, people who do
everything wrong by accident or on purpose and are therefore well-positioned to think of loopholes or the what-ifs, and all of the people underrepresented at present in engineering (women,
queers, blacks) at present (and subject to change).
S1: Reverse engineers are often Pynchon fans don't ask me why.
S2: Did you hear the news? Engineering was seriously lacking in action and they finally had to let all of the reverse engineers in so that people could get their
groove on. Hears Nelly playing in the background ... "it's getting hot in here, let's take off all our clothes!"