I like the station voices as well, and hope they will continue adding some in future updates, for example when we will get the ability to engage in a conversation with an NPC ship, and voiced greeting will be nice.
I also like the scanning USS feature, and the loot mechanics, it makes it both interesting and wortwhile to check them out now.
Missions also make more sense now, with the new presentation.
The engineers upgrades seem interesting, but I guess it will be hundreds of hours before I can have a fully upgraded ship ; I probably won't make engineers an objective, more like a "sidequest", by keeping an eye on required materials I need and collect some whenever I can until I unlock one of my desired upgrades. I definitely won't be minmaxing.
I guess you could say I quite like this update in general! I think the engineers feature will be more enjoyable in the future, when it is relegated to a side activity status, rather than the big obligatory feature it seems to be now.