As consequence of the economic growth, it is observed the increase of the demand for engineering professionals. The problem of scarcity of engineering manpower is being faced as one of the main obstacles to the continuity of the Brazilian economic growth. The natural demands of infrastructure and industry allied to the fact that engineers are also recruited to occupy non-engineering positions constitute, themselves, already a difficult equation to solve. Besides, along the years, the Brazilian’s scientific production in the engineering field has demonstrated to be very shy. Such combination, either in macro or in micro-economy, reflects in the innovation and competitiveness. The objective of this research is to discuss actions to create engineering competencies in micro-economy that could attenuate those structural problems. Additionally, this work aims having an overview of those actions combined with the new regulatory policy for the automotive sector announced in April/12, which integrates the program “Inovar-Auto”.