Skill
Root Cause Analysis
Business and Management
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is a structured problem-solving method used to identify the underlying source of a defect, failure, or incident rather than just addressing its symptoms. Techniques like the "5 Whys" and fishbone (Ishikawa) diagrams are commonly used by engineers, quality managers, and operations teams to prevent recurrence. It is widely applied in manufacturing, IT incident response, healthcare, and safety investigations.
Root Cause Analysis in the job market
Last checked October 27, 2026
- Open roles
- 156
- Employers
- 70
- Median pay
- $128,000
- Disclose pay
- 65%
on Career App
hiring for it
from 101 roles
of these roles
Open roles requiring Root Cause Analysis (156)
Registered Nurse - Patient Safety Informatics
Veterans Health Administration
Full-time · Sioux Falls, SD · $63,446 – $114,610
This role combines clinical nursing expertise with health information systems to identify and mitigate risks within electronic health records at a VA facility. The position suits nurses interested in patient safety, informatics, and improving care delivery through systems-level work rather than bedside care.
Via USAJOBS · Apply there ↗
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS SPECIALIST (CYBER)
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Indianapolis, IN · $90,341 – $121,502
A cybersecurity-focused financial systems role managing access controls, auditing compliance, and investigating security incidents across military payroll and personnel platforms. This suits someone with hands-on experience administering financial systems security who can lead audits and troubleshoot complex access and transaction issues.
Via USAJOBS · Apply there ↗
Information Technology Specialist (Applications Software)
ARMY TRANSPORTATION
Scott AFB, Illinois · $109,137 – $141,880
This role combines IT project leadership with hands-on software development, managing the full lifecycle of military systems from design through deployment while also writing and troubleshooting code. It suits someone comfortable switching between strategic planning and technical implementation, with a track record in federal IT environments.
Via USAJOBS · Apply there ↗
Safety Coordinator – Phoenix Products
Ring Power
Jacksonville, FL
This role involves conducting daily safety inspections and coaching on the shop floor at a manufacturing facility, supporting compliance with OSHA and other regulatory standards. It suits someone with industrial safety experience who can build relationships with hourly workers while identifying hazards and leading incident investigations.
Listed on Ring Power’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Senior Weld Engineer
Relativity Space
Long Beach, CA · $124,000 – $186,000
Lead the development and qualification of advanced fusion welding processes for Relativity Space's Terran R rocket, owning weld procedure specifications, production support, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role suits an experienced aerospace welding engineer ready to shape manufacturing processes at a high-growth space company from the ground up.
Listed on Relativity Space’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Knowledge AI Quality Lead
Tripadvisor
Office
This role oversees quality assurance for AI-powered customer support systems at Tripadvisor, testing chatbots and automated workflows to catch accuracy failures and ensure smooth handoffs to human agents. It suits someone with contact-center or tech support QA background who can audit AI conversations, identify problems, and feed improvements back to engineering teams.
Listed on Tripadvisor’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Director, Sustaining Engineering - Spark
Crusoe
Full-time · Denver, CO · $225,000 – $255,000
Crusoe is hiring a Director to own the reliability and service lifecycle of their Spark AI infrastructure product once deployed in the field. This role builds sustaining engineering processes from the ground up, manages fielded units through their service life, and feeds fleet data back into product and manufacturing decisions.
Listed on Crusoe’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Compliance Manager
AST SpaceMobile
Midland, TX
This role involves designing and implementing a unified quality management system across an aerospace manufacturer's multiple locations, with a focus on achieving AS9100 certification. It suits experienced compliance professionals who have led initial QMS implementations in regulated industries and want to build quality infrastructure from the ground up rather than maintain existing systems.
Listed on AST SpaceMobile’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Operations Engineer/ Production Scientist - Peptide Manufacturing
Hims and Hers
Full-time · Menlo Park, CA · $110,000 – $125,000
This role manages technical operations for peptide manufacturing at Hims & Hers' Menlo Park facility, focusing on optimizing synthesis, purification, and lyophilization processes. It suits engineers or scientists with hands-on GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing experience who want to drive continuous improvement and troubleshooting in a commercial peptide production environment.
Listed on Hims and Hers’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Regulatory Complaints Specialist
Intuit
Charlotte, NC
This role leads investigations and resolutions of formal regulatory complaints for a digital banking product, requiring expertise in consumer compliance and fintech regulatory operations. It's for someone who can manage high-stakes cases from intake through CFPB/FDIC response, work cross-functionally, and help shape compliance strategy.
Listed on Intuit’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Asked for alongside Root Cause Analysis
Measured from the 156 open roles that name Root Cause Analysis — not from a curated list.
- Lean Manufacturing23 roles14.7%
- Statistical Process Control (SPC)22 roles14.1%
- Six Sigma20 roles12.8%
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)17 roles10.9%
- Data Analysis15 roles9.6%
- Microsoft Excel15 roles9.6%
- ISO 900113 roles8.3%
- Lean12 roles7.7%
What employers state they pay
Median
$128,000
Middle half
$97,000 – $161,000
From 101 of 156 open roles — the 65% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
Who employers are hiring
- Entry11%
- Mid28%
- Senior45%
- Lead / Staff / Principal5%
- Management10%
- Executive1%
From 136 roles whose posting states a level.
Where Root Cause Analysis roles are
Among the 126 of 156 open roles we could place on a map.
Roles that use Root Cause Analysis
Employers hiring for Root Cause Analysis
70 in total, most open roles first.
- ASAST SpaceMobile10 roles
- RSRelativity Space9 roles
Samsung Semiconductor9 roles
Beckman Coulter7 roles
General Mills6 roles- VVoyager6 roles
Related skills
Curated neighbors in the taxonomy, whether or not employers ask for them together.