Good point in the difference between a software engineering (SE) team and engineers within a ship.

I've worked as a software engineer myself and indeed SE's usually have a clear view on helping shape the product. Though, depending on how big the org is, engineers may not have much of an influence on the vision (why a product gets made for the user).

So yes it depends. I could certainly highlight where the analogy doesn't work (though at the moment of writing it felt I'd take away from the main point).

Cheers!