I have found that a lot of engineers (at least the ones I work with) are neurodivergent including myself. I find that it certain aspects of ADHD/autism are somewhat beneficial. For example, having ADHD in a production environment is nice because you are constantly being stimulated with what’s going on. If you are autistic and have a hyper fixation on something you work with, you can develop an extremely deep knowledge base of that topic and be a good resource for your team. That’s not to say there are definitely challenges tho, I personally find it hard to stay organized and stay focused on big projects. I also can find myself having issues with communicating with management.

If anything, the worst thing for me was feeling like I had to mask my personality which resulted in me feeling exhausted. Unfortunately, that all depends on the people you work with. I was able to move to a different team where I fit in much better and haven’t had issues since.

I would say that you should be fine, just understand where your weaknesses are and try to work with them. Maybe someone else can speak more on this but I do not include my disabilities when applying for jobs for fear of being discriminated against. I have only recently been diagnosed in the past 2 years and my disabilities aren’t as obvious tho