Principal Engineer Materials Family
Career series with 1 positions
To land Principal Engineer Materials (nondestructive Testing) in New Jersey you go through the competitive route: you sit an announced exam and the score puts you on the eligible list agencies hire from.
To be eligible you bring a bachelor's degree, 3 years of relevant experience, and a professional license. The FY2027 range lands between $83,582 and $122,832, and state payroll currently lists about 15 people in the title, most of them at Transportation.
Principal Engineer Materials is a single-title classification family: Principal Engineer Materials (nondestructive Testing) is the only position in it. Principal Engineer Materials supervises titles such as Engineer and Hazardous Materials Technician.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- PRINCIPAL ENGINEER MATERIALS (NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING) (13094C) $83,582 - $122,832/year
What the Principal Engineer Materials family covers
Principal Engineer Materials is a single-title family in the New Jersey civil service classification plan: one title code, with no numbered rungs above or below it. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Engineering series in New Jersey are organized by discipline and then by responsibility, so a family usually reads assistant, then senior, then principal, then supervising. Professional Engineer licensure appears at the senior end rather than at entry, which lets the state hire graduates and license them in post. Transportation is the largest employer of these titles by a wide margin, with Environmental Protection, Treasury property management and the county engineering offices behind it. Construction inspection titles sit nearby but belong to the regulatory side.
What each title does
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Principal Engineer Materials (nondestructive Testing): Under direction of a project engineer or other supervisory official in the Department of Transportation, has charge of team leaders…
Requirements across the family
Across the 1 title we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 1 of them. Experience requirements sit at 3 years wherever they are stated.
Every title here carries a license or certification requirement, so the credential matters more than the exam score. On how the jobs are filled: 1 is competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 15 people working under 1 of this family's title, spread across 1 agency. Transportation alone accounts for about 100% of them.
- Transportation — 15 employees
Median actual pay for Principal Engineer Materials (nondestructive Testing) is $111,094, which is what people in the title are really paid rather than the published band.
State payroll only, deduplicated by payroll title; local employers file separately, so a family with local codes looks smaller here than it is. How this is counted.
How the pay is set
Titles in this family are paid on the A-P-R-S salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by CWA. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
These are state titles, hired by New Jersey departments, commissions and boards through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process rather than by an ordinary job posting. How state hiring works, and which agencies employ what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Other classifications built on the same terms as Principal Engineer Materials. Worth checking if this family has no current opening.
- Senior Engineer, Materials ($72,896 to $106,798, state jurisdiction) — in the Engineer family
- Regional Materials Engineer ($68,455 to $95,846, state jurisdiction)
- Project Engineer, Materials ($95,955 to $141,386, state jurisdiction)
- Regional Materials Engineer ($105,267 to $155,359, state jurisdiction)
- Assistant Engineer, Materials ($63,663 to $92,953, state jurisdiction)
- Senior Engineer Materials (nondestructive Testing) ($72,896 to $106,798, state jurisdiction) — in the Senior Engineer Materials family
Common questions about Principal Engineer Materials jobs
How many Principal Engineer Materials titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Principal Engineer Materials family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Principal Engineer Materials earn in New Jersey?
Principal Engineer Materials (nondestructive Testing) is published at $83,582 to $122,832. Salary depends on the salary range assigned to the title and the step the employee has reached.
Do you need to take an exam to become a Principal Engineer Materials?
Yes for most of the family. 1 of the 1 title are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What qualifications does a Principal Engineer Materials need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 1 of the 1 title. Stated experience ranges from 3 years depending on the rung. 1 of the titles also require a license or certification. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.
Which agencies employ Principal Engineer Materials staff?
State payroll records show 15 people in this family across 1 agency, with Transportation the largest at 15. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.