Need help - do I pursue other options

I am an engineer at a medium sized manufacturing company. Recently I have gotten a new manager assigned to me who has little qualifications. The new manager has no college degree no engineering experience and most recently worked as a FedEx driver.

This creates lots of problems because my manager does not understand my position or projects.

I have requested to transfer to work in a team of engineers but I consistently get denied. I want to follow my goals to work with engineers and can’t handle the dysfunctional environment with a manager who doesn’t understand the business or engineering processes.

Any advice from folks in industry.