Best portable laptop for an engineering student - handling structural analysis/testing software, AutoCAD 2D, video editing. Budget 1-1.2k USD.
Dell and HP have "Mobile Workstation" systems. They should have ECC RAM and possibly GPUs with data integrity/accuracy features.
Dell calls theirs the Precision series, and Nvidia workstation GPUs are the Quadro family.
HP, Lenovo,and AMD all have their versions of these also.
https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-mobile-workstations