It is a common misconception that projects and initiatives are only decided at the top and then percolated down to the engineers for execution.
In reality, leadership also almost always depends on the creativity and ownership of engineers to figure out the key problems to solve instead of figuring it out all themselves.
So, always align yourself with the organization’s and team’s vision, identify initiatives, quantify the potential impact, and pitch a primitive solution. If your problem is picked, then take the entire ownership drive it to completion, and prove your mettle.
By the way, this is the secret sauce to get promoted faster.