The phrase "a bit of engineering" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a small amount or a minor aspect of engineering, often in a casual or informal context.
Example: "The project required a bit of engineering to ensure everything fit together properly."
Alternatives: "a touch of engineering" or "a little engineering".
L.F.C.: There is actually a bit of engineering in quilt design.
That sounds pretty straightforward, but Facebook says it actually took quite a bit of engineering work to make it happen.
Dull-as-hell stuff, but I could apply the skills and experiences I had, merchandising and marketing, and a bit of engineering".
They will soon be able to do away with those (after a bit of engineering work, I would imagine) and choose Authy as a product option on Twilio.com.
It took quite a bit of engineering work to make GitHub on AWS a reality, he told me, but the result is that businesses will be able to scale their installs easier and ensure high availability for their developers.
The spaceniks at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have all the plans, code, and materials for you to peruse and use — just make sure you've got $2,500 and a bit of engineering know-how.
The capless fuel filler is a bit of clever engineering that you appreciate each time you visit the pump.
Stephen Spender was attracted towards being an "office clown", Herbert Read fancied a bit of "light engineering" and George Orwell recommended "composing propaganda for bodies such as the British Council".
The upshot is that the shortest distance copper cavities can realistically be placed apart is about 30cm.Through a glass, brisklyWith a bit of clever engineering, however, cavities of glass can be made to behave like copper ones, only better.
The researchers, who described their work in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used a specific protein that binds to maltose, and through a bit of genetic engineering added fluorescent proteins at either end.
The researchers used a bit of genetic engineering to find this out, inserting the mosquito gene in nerve cells of fruit flies that had their odorant-receptor genes removed.
