The article discusses the possibilities of didactic engineering in preparing future specialists for independent professional activities. Didactic engineering is a methodology (theory, practice, diagnostics) of organizing activities to solve didactic problems using engineering methods (metric approach, modeling, numerical analysis, use of information and communication technologies). Within the framework of didactic engineering, the tasks of creating new effective didactic systems, teaching aids and diagnosing the quality of training of specialists working in a virtualreal environment are solved. This allows us to outline the path for rapid sustainable professional development of the student, establish key invariant abilities, determine the role of knowledge in solving professional problems, and generally reveal the reasons why some people solve professional problems more successfully than others. The authors, based on the theoretical and practical results of the study, highlight problematic issues in the adaptation of future specialists to independent professional activities and the need to implement innovative approaches. Based on the conducted research, a set of interrelated conditions aimed at increasing the level of readiness of future specialists to carry out innovative professional activities was put forward for discussion. The process of training and education of a student must be organized based on his personal professional interest, personal growth through the construction of a professional development trajectory. Consequently, in systems built within the framework of didactic engineering, it is necessary to introduce the category “complexity of problems”, since in the future this makes it possible to objectively assess the professional potential of a future specialist.