From the latest patch notes. There were a lot of posts that NPC AIs did not have engineer mods floating around.
[FONT="]- Reduced the number of engineer mods on AI ships substantially, now only Deadly & Elite rank ships are guaranteed to have mods and any below Master are guaranteed to have none[/FONT]
[FONT="]- Reduced the number of engineer mods on AI ships substantially, now only Deadly & Elite rank ships are guaranteed to have mods and any below Master are guaranteed to have none[/FONT]