Abilities like that also keep the series grounded somewhat, as opposed to guys hulking about onscreen, which may be the angle Matt Nix and his creative team are aiming for.
The more likely option is the mutant Forge, an X-Men teammate that possesses great intelligence and is mechanically gifted.
After all, as EW points out, the project is planning a title that does not draw focus to the X-Men franchise.
That sounds like something that would be very useful for someone running an underground network for escaping mutants, especially since Forge creates a device that masks mutant abilities in the X-Men comics.