My son is an astronautical engineer. He learned a lot of hands on in high school as a member of a competitive robotics team. He did a lot of mechanical work.
He’s an Eagle Scout and he worked summers for a remodeling contractor.
He also went to a small private university with no room in their world for DEI crap.
Tell him this gray bearded software engineer said he needs to be sure to use his gift to study God big time, especially through the Bible. Every church needs at least a few of us Bible geeks to answers people's weird questions about God and the Bible, and also we're needed as a kind of double-check on the teachings from church ministry (it's a Sola Scriptura thing). It's very few times I had to go to a preacher privately to question something that was said, always respectfully, and most of the time him pointing to me I was in error and why (just as respectful to me). But it has to be done because, as I've heard some pastors say openly to their congregations, one reason they're rarely tempted to stray from teaching the truth is because they know that there's always some people who know the Word enough to call them out on it unless they're accurate. Your son can meet that need in his church.