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Off the top of my head, I think the first time we saw a female officer in the post of chief engineer was in TNG S01E03, "The Naked Now", which first aired on the 5th of October 1987.

Prior to Geordi La Forge becoming sole chief engineer of the Enterprise-D at the start of season 2, the ship had several chief engineers in rotation, one of them being Lieutenant Commander MacDougal.

She's visible a few times in the video below (a clip from "The Naked Now"), and has a line of dialogue at around the 0:45 mark.

Off the top of my head, I believe the earliest appearance (in real world time) of a female chief engineer on a Starfleet vessel was in TNG S01E03, "The Naked Now", which first aired on the 5th of October 1987.

Prior to Geordi La Forge becoming sole chief engineer of the Enterprise-D at the start of Season 2, the ship had several chief engineers in rotation, one of them being Lieutenant Commander MacDougal. She held that position in 2364, in-universe.

She's visible a few times in the video below (a clip from "The Naked Now"), and has a line of dialogue at around the 0:45 mark.

Off the top of my head, I think the first time we saw a female officer in the post of chief engineer was in TNG S01E03, "The Naked Now", which first aired on the 5th of October 1987.

Prior to Geordi La Forge becoming sole chief engineer of the Enterprise-D at the start of season 2, the ship had several chief engineers in rotation, one of them being Lt. Commander MacDougal.

She's visible a few times in the video below, and has a line of dialogue at around the 0:45 mark.

Off the top of my head, I think the first time we saw a female officer in the post of chief engineer was in TNG S01E03, "The Naked Now", which first aired on the 5th of October 1987.

Prior to Geordi La Forge becoming sole chief engineer of the Enterprise-D at the start of season 2, the ship had several chief engineers in rotation, one of them being Lieutenant Commander MacDougal.

She's visible a few times in the video below (a clip from "The Naked Now"), and has a line of dialogue at around the 0:45 mark.

Off the top of my head, I think the first time we saw a female officer in the post of chief engineer was in TNG S01E03, "The Naked Now".

Prior to Geordi La Forge becoming sole chief engineer of the Enterprise-D at the start of season 2, the ship had several chief engineers in rotation, one of them being Lt. Commander MacDougal.

She's visible a few times in the video below, and has a line of dialogue at around the 0:45 mark.

Off the top of my head, I think the first time we saw a female officer in the post of chief engineer was in TNG S01E03, "The Naked Now", which first aired on the 5th of October 1987.

Prior to Geordi La Forge becoming sole chief engineer of the Enterprise-D at the start of season 2, the ship had several chief engineers in rotation, one of them being Lt. Commander MacDougal.

She's visible a few times in the video below, and has a line of dialogue at around the 0:45 mark.