Looking for suggestions on a place to start.

[MNomadic]

I am no expert in this, just throwing out a suggestion.

How about getting a BALS from one of the Big 3, using alternative credits, and then going to your local 4-yr school for a 2nd degree in engineering? That way, there is no trying to get them to accept your credits; instead, you just need to take the courses in your major.

Just a thought, others will have more ideas.

I personally wouldn't suggest an Engineering Technology program, because it would be expensive; you can't get the courses you need inexpensively, so you're getting a degree you don't really want, expensively (and not quickly), and then would have to go back and get the degree you DO want, also expensively, and not quickly. I just think it would take a lot longer, and be a lot more expensive, than if you just got a BALS instead.

I like that idea, but he would still have ~ 3 years of college classes at his chosen engineering program, so doing a BALS(however long that takes) to save the trouble of maybe 1 year of courses wouldn't be very efficient. I'm basing this on the engineering programs that I've looked at locally which had ~6 classes of gen Ed stuff(not including math/science) and the rest was STEM courses.
If having a BALS would benefit OP in the short term while he works on longer term goals then it could work.