You have to question if you are dealing with an unbiased subset of mechanical and electrical engineers. That kind of interdisciplinary collaboration usually occurs in some sort of cutting edge field.
The typical mechanical engineer is calculating HVAC loads for commercial buildings, not working on robotics. In contrast Google is probably only hiring a mechanical engineer for work that’s the tip of the spear.
(In fairness this also goes the other way. The software engineers working on yet another internal corporate CRUD app are largely invisible to the typical physical engineer.)
The typical mechanical engineer is calculating HVAC loads for commercial buildings, not working on robotics. In contrast Google is probably only hiring a mechanical engineer for work that’s the tip of the spear.
(In fairness this also goes the other way. The software engineers working on yet another internal corporate CRUD app are largely invisible to the typical physical engineer.)