Finish the bachelor's on schedule and negotiate a graduate-role conversion at the current well-known employer — two years of internal context is only worth a premium if it is cashed in before graduation.

Build a small public portfolio from the student work (sanitised project write-ups, a tooling repo) — outputs of 'none' is the weakest signal on this profile and the cheapest to fix.

Reach certified English C2 — in a shortage engineering market, adding full English capability opens international employers and typically adds a double-digit salary premium at first full-time entry.